64P/Swift–Gehrels

Summary

64P/Swift–Gehrels is a periodic comet^[1]. 64P/Swift–Gehrels draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 64P/Swift–Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift^[3].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's image is recorded as Comet 64P Swift-Gehrels.jpg^[4].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1991c^[8].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1981j^[9].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 64P/1973 C1^[10].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 VII^[11].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 64P/1889 W1^[12].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1889f^[13].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1889-11-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012c8nw_^[15].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000090^[16].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6873201673421756'}^[17].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[18].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.948393464905434'}^[19].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3435.889423282428'}^[20].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+300.0009794186508'}^[21].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.45615718012265'}^[22].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+7.518963878867588'}^[23].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.393350481377713'}^[24].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+97.1441968737216'}^[25].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+325.4330218687013'}^[26].
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+3.2'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

64P/Swift–Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift^[3].

Why It Matters

64P/Swift–Gehrels draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #28 of 183).^[2] 64P/Swift–Gehrels has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]