76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura

Summary

76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura is a periodic comet^[1]. 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura is credited with the discovery of Richard Martin West^[3].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's image is recorded as 76P 2019-12-29 image ZTF-sso-752-zr-size-4.0arcmin.png^[4].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 XXI^[8].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 1987x^[9].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 76P/1980 V2^[10].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 VIII^[11].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 76P/1975 D1^[12].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's provisional designation is recorded as 1975b^[13].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-10-15T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-01-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012wkgz5^[16].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000104^[17].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5384170227527965'}^[18].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[19].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.47514481422379'}^[20].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2361.933818756491'}^[21].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.11256439148536'}^[22].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.470932743894314'}^[23].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.339742018037085'}^[24].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.602123469751543'}^[25].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.04843890903943888'}^[26].
• 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+239.2799933223033'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura is credited with the discovery of Richard Martin West^[3].

Why It Matters

76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #32 of 183).^[2] 76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]