62P/Tsuchinshan

Summary

62P/Tsuchinshan is a periodic comet^[1]. 62P/Tsuchinshan draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #24 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 62P/Tsuchinshan is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's image is recorded as 62P 2018-01-14 NEOWISE image 3-color.png^[4].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's Commons category is recorded as 62P/Tsuchinshan^[7].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XIV^[9].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 I^[10].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 1978e^[11].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 62P/1971 Y1^[12].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 VIII^[13].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 62P/1965 A1^[14].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 I^[15].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's provisional designation is recorded as 62P/1991c1^[16].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1965-01-01T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j43nl8^[18].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000097^[19].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5979667398683416'}^[20].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[21].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.713309139580534'}^[22].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2329.444546165848'}^[23].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90.29513631590778'}^[24].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.439030015076456'}^[25].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.495455581501099'}^[26].
• 62P/Tsuchinshan's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.382604448651814'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

62P/Tsuchinshan is credited with the discovery of Purple Mountain Observatory^[3].

Why It Matters

62P/Tsuchinshan draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #24 of 183).^[2] 62P/Tsuchinshan has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]