73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

Summary

73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is a periodic comet^[1]. 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann ranks in the top 7% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann^[3].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is credited with the discovery of Arno Arthur Wachmann^[4].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's image is recorded as 06-0419 sw3 fal martinez vcastro.com IMG 9799.JPG^[5].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[8].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Commons category is recorded as Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3^[9].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1994w^[11].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VIII^[12].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 73P/1979 P1^[13].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 VIII^[14].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 73P/1930 J1^[15].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1930 VI^[16].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 73P/1989d1^[17].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1979g^[18].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's provisional designation is recorded as 1930d^[19].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1930-05-02T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b5yvq^[21].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000394^[22].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6856593974322519'}^[23].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[24].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.23238955855183'}^[25].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1987.015709492118'}^[26].
• 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.64422995345592'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1870–1964^[29], of Germany^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31] and Arno Arthur Wachmann^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1902–1990^[33], of Germany^[34].

Why It Matters

73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann ranks in the top 7% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2] 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35]