5D/Brorsen

Summary

5D/Brorsen is a periodic comet^[1]. 5D/Brorsen draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5D/Brorsen is credited with the discovery of Theodor Brorsen^[3].
• 5D/Brorsen's image is recorded as 5dbrorsen.jpg^[4].
• 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as lost comet^[6].
• 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 5D/Brorsen's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[8].
• 5D/Brorsen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiel Observatory^[9].
• 5D/Brorsen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85017216^[10].
• 5D/Brorsen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1879a^[12].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1873e^[13].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1868 I^[14].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 5D/1857 F1^[15].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1857 II^[16].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 5D/1846 D2^[17].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1846 III^[18].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1873 VI^[19].
• 5D/Brorsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1879 I^[20].
• 5D/Brorsen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1846-02-26T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 5D/Brorsen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/090n1m^[22].
• 5D/Brorsen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000505^[23].
• 5D/Brorsen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.809796'}^[24].
• 5D/Brorsen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}^[25].
• 5D/Brorsen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.3821'}^[26].
• 5D/Brorsen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1994.7019872043'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

5D/Brorsen is credited with the discovery of Theodor Brorsen^[3].

Why It Matters

5D/Brorsen draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 183).^[2] 5D/Brorsen has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] 5D/Brorsen is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]