Comet Humason

Summary

Comet Humason is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• Comet Humason is credited with the discovery of Milton L. Humason^[3].
• Comet Humason's image is recorded as Comet Humason (Palomar) September 1, 1962.jpg^[4].
• Comet Humason's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[5].
• Comet Humason's Commons category is recorded as Comet Humason^[6].
• Comet Humason's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1961-09-01T00:00:00Z^[7].
• Comet Humason's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04rchg^[8].
• Comet Humason's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1001111^[9].
• Comet Humason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9896140999299063'}^[10].
• Comet Humason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+153.277926348577'}^[11].
• Comet Humason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1075379.976745301'}^[12].
• Comet Humason's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+155.4395411119972'}^[13].
• Comet Humason's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+205.4198207618089'}^[14].
• Comet Humason's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+408.7061717927691'}^[15].
• Comet Humason's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.133469730848697'}^[16].
• Comet Humason's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+233.5620381202127'}^[17].
• Comet Humason's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.05114558905723581'}^[18].
• Comet Humason's epoch is recorded as May 12, 1963^[19].
• Comet Humason's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2438008.719604525'}^[20].

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Works and Contributions

Comet Humason is credited with the discovery of Milton L. Humason^[3].

Why It Matters

Comet Humason draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #31 of 92).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]