11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR

Summary

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet^[1]. 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Wilhelm Tempel^[3].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lewis A. Swift^[4].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[5].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's Commons category is recorded as 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR^[8].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/2001 X3^[10].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 II^[11].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1891 V^[12].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/1880 T1^[13].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1880 IV^[14].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 11P/1869 W1^[15].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1869c^[16].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 27, 1869^[17].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5774221353101371'}^[18].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.2'}^[19].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.43558222984413'}^[20].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2178.330937839413'}^[21].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+238.9870236722805'}^[22].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.28864469721933'}^[23].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.187580940564074'}^[24].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.389708453874585'}^[25].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+167.7673739633523'}^[26].
• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR's periapsis date is recorded as May 4, 2008^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include periodic comet^[6] and Jupiter-family comet^[7].

Why It Matters

11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR ranks in the top 8% of periodic_comet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]