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 (38 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 96P/Machholz is credited with the discovery of Donald Machholz^[3].
• 96P/Machholz's image is recorded as 96P 20070403 000500 HI1A.png^[4].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 96P/Machholz's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 96P/Machholz's Commons category is recorded as 96P/Machholz^[8].
• 96P/Machholz's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 96P/Machholz's child astronomical body is recorded as Southern Delta Aquariids^[10].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 XII^[11].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 96P/1986 J2^[12].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VIII^[13].
• 96P/Machholz's provisional designation is recorded as 1986e^[14].
• 96P/Machholz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 96P/Machholz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-05-12T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 96P/Machholz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027s0ww^[17].
• 96P/Machholz's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000061^[18].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.95881'}^[19].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9591608428638698'}^[20].
• 96P/Machholz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+60.18'}^[22].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+58.13790031260349'}^[23].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.2322'}^[24].
• 96P/Machholz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1931.306460842796'}^[25].
• 96P/Machholz's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.25472309284206'}^[26].
• 96P/Machholz's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0138'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

96P/Machholz is credited with the discovery of Donald Machholz^[3].

Why It Matters

96P/Machholz ranks in the top 7% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 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]