67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
short-period comet
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Summary
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-family comet[1]. 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko draws 3,067 Wikipedia views per month (jupiter family comet category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Klim Churyumov[3], Svetlana Gerasimenko[4]
- Instance of: near-Earth object[5], contact binary[6]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory[7]
- Named after: Klim Churyumov[8], Svetlana Gerasimenko[9]
- Commons category: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko[10]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[11]
- Provisional designation: 1988i[12], 1982 VIII[13], 67P/1975 P1[14], 1976 VII[15], 67P/1969 R1[16], 1969h[17], 1989 VI[18], 1982f[19], 1969 IV[20], 1975i[21]
- Time of discovery or invention: October 22, 1969[22]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.6409081306555051[23]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.9[24]
- Orbital inclination: 7.040294906760007 degree[25]
- Density: 0.533 gram per cubic centimetre[26]
- Orbital period: 2353.07606597 day[27]
- Rotation period: 12.76129 hour[28]
- Longitude of ascending node: 50.13557380441372 degree[29]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.462249489765068 astronomical unit[30]
- Apoapsis: 5.68123333245 astronomical unit[31]
- Periapsis: 1.243265641416762 astronomical unit[32]
- Argument of periapsis: 12.79824973415729 degree[33]
- Mean anomaly: 8.859927418758764 degree[34]
- Diameter: 3.4 km[35]
- Albedo: 0.06[36]
- Epoch: October 10, 2015[37]
- Time of periapsis: 2457247.588657806 Julian day[38]
Why It Matters
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]