88P/Howell

Summary

88P/Howell is a periodic comet^[1]. 88P/Howell draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #22 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 88P/Howell is credited with the discovery of Ellen Suzanne Howell^[3].
• 88P/Howell's image is recorded as 88P 2020-06-09 NEOWISE image 3-color.png^[4].
• 88P/Howell's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 88P/Howell's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 88P/Howell's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[7].
• 88P/Howell's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 II^[8].
• 88P/Howell's provisional designation is recorded as 88P/1987 E1^[9].
• 88P/Howell's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 VI^[10].
• 88P/Howell's provisional designation is recorded as 88P/1981 Q1^[11].
• 88P/Howell's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 X^[12].
• 88P/Howell's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-08-29T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 88P/Howell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b88pq^[14].
• 88P/Howell's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000046^[15].
• 88P/Howell's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5630944119416461'}^[16].
• 88P/Howell's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[17].
• 88P/Howell's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.383100837822769'}^[18].
• 88P/Howell's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2001.986381881391'}^[19].
• 88P/Howell's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+56.6975970720305'}^[20].
• 88P/Howell's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.108673621745861'}^[21].
• 88P/Howell's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.859150366701353'}^[22].
• 88P/Howell's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.358196876790368'}^[23].
• 88P/Howell's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+235.8937321200179'}^[24].
• 88P/Howell's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+63.9766874023456'}^[25].
• 88P/Howell's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4.4'}^[26].
• 88P/Howell's NAIF ID is recorded as 1000046^[27].

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Works and Contributions

88P/Howell is credited with the discovery of Ellen Suzanne Howell^[3].

Why It Matters

88P/Howell draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #22 of 183).^[2] 88P/Howell has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]