96P/Machholz

Summary

96P/Machholz is a periodic comet^[1]. 96P/Machholz ranks in the top 7% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 96P/Machholz is credited with the discovery of Donald Machholz^[3].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 96P/Machholz's Commons category is recorded as 96P/Machholz^[7].
• 96P/Machholz's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 96P/Machholz's child astronomical body is recorded as Southern Delta Aquariids^[9].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XII^[10].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 96P/1986 J2^[11].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VIII^[12].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1986e^[13].
• 96P/Machholz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1986^[14].
• 96P/Machholz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as May 12, 1986^[15].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.95881'}^[16].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9591608428638698'}^[17].
• 96P/Machholz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[18].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+60.18'}^[19].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.13790031260349'}^[20].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.2322'}^[21].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1931.306460842796'}^[22].
• 96P/Machholz's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.25472309284206'}^[23].
• 96P/Machholz's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0138'}^[24].
• 96P/Machholz's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.035068595409598'}^[25].
• 96P/Machholz's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.9035'}^[26].
• 96P/Machholz's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.946187547532331'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include periodic comet^[4], Jupiter-family comet^[5], and near-Earth object^[6].

Why It Matters

96P/Machholz ranks in the top 7% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).^[2] 96P/Machholz has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] 96P/Machholz is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]