Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock

Summary

Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock is a non-periodic comet^[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 92).^[2]

Key Facts

• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock is credited with the discovery of IRAS^[3].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock is credited with the discovery of George Alcock^[4].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock is credited with the discovery of Gen'ichi Arakiv^[5].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's image is recorded as Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock by Russell E Milton.jpg^[6].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's instance of is recorded as non-periodic comet^[7].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as IRAS^[8].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's Commons category is recorded as Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock^[9].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's child astronomical body is recorded as η-Lyrids^[11].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's provisional designation is recorded as C/1983 H1^[12].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-04-25T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b8fr5^[14].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000304^[15].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9898865'}^[16].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9898878208777039'}^[17].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.599'}^[18].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+73.25137867780242'}^[19].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+354540.5239946125'}^[20].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+49.10245750540501'}^[21].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+98.03435675076732'}^[22].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+195.0773725259318'}^[23].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.9913409756028386'}^[24].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+192.8506889407098'}^[25].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.9916183638424'}^[26].
• Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+9.2'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include IRAS^[3], a space telescope^[28]; George Alcock^[4], an astronomer^[29], 1912–2000^[30], of United Kingdom^[31], awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire^[32]; and Gen'ichi Arakiv^[5], an amateur astronomer^[33], of Japan^[34].

Why It Matters

Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (non_periodic_comet category, ranking #21 of 92).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]