Lexell's Comet

Summary

Lexell's Comet is a periodic comet^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lexell's Comet is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier^[3].
• Lexell's Comet's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• Lexell's Comet's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• Lexell's Comet's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• Lexell's Comet's instance of is recorded as astronomical phenomenon^[7].
• Lexell's Comet's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85076354^[8].
• Lexell's Comet's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• Lexell's Comet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04zvzmw^[10].
• Lexell's Comet's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000705^[11].
• Lexell's Comet's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.786119'}^[12].
• Lexell's Comet's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.5517'}^[13].
• Lexell's Comet's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2045.4'}^[14].
• Lexell's Comet's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.4673'}^[15].
• Lexell's Comet's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.1533844'}^[16].
• Lexell's Comet's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.6323197'}^[17].
• Lexell's Comet's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.674449'}^[18].
• Lexell's Comet's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+225.0161'}^[19].
• Lexell's Comet's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.0071988'}^[20].
• Lexell's Comet's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as D/1770 L1^[21].
• Lexell's Comet's epoch is recorded as August 14, 1770^[22].
• Lexell's Comet's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007565572605171^[23].
• Lexell's Comet's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2367764.5409'}^[24].

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Works and Contributions

Lexell's Comet is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier^[3].

Why It Matters

Lexell's Comet ranks in the top 6% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]