158P/Kowal–LINEAR

Summary

158P/Kowal–LINEAR is a periodic comet^[1]. 158P/Kowal–LINEAR draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[4].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[5].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 158P/2001 RG100^[7].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 158P/1979 O1^[8].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's provisional designation is recorded as 1979h^[9].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-07-24T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmjjq^[11].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000468^[12].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03044252137525249'}^[13].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.1'}^[14].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.907954157565226'}^[15].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3745.888320372191'}^[16].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.3085708111137'}^[17].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.720314466584615'}^[18].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.86401274063153'}^[19].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.576616192537699'}^[20].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+232.3648911356805'}^[21].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+340.5103142279055'}^[22].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's epoch is recorded as March 4, 2012^[23].
• 158P/Kowal–LINEAR's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456193.2949619484'}^[24].

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Works and Contributions

158P/Kowal–LINEAR is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].

Why It Matters

158P/Kowal–LINEAR draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #33 of 183).^[2] 158P/Kowal–LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25]