53P/Van Biesbroeck

Summary

53P/Van Biesbroeck is a periodic comet^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #25 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 53P/Van Biesbroeck is credited with the discovery of George Van Biesbroeck^[3].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's image is recorded as 53P 2016-04-26 NEOWISE image 3-color.png^[4].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[5].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[6].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85141962^[7].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VI^[9].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 XXIV^[10].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 53P/1965 J1^[11].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 1966 III^[12].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 53P/1954 R1^[13].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 IV^[14].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's provisional designation is recorded as 53P/1989h1^[15].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1954-09-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b3nfj^[17].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000102^[18].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5510595323865437'}^[19].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.0'}^[20].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.611181539472008'}^[21].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4589.233421603682'}^[22].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+148.8981972836558'}^[23].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.404570012899656'}^[24].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+8.382809836958478'}^[25].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.426330188840835'}^[26].
• 53P/Van Biesbroeck's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.2640128464163'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

53P/Van Biesbroeck is credited with the discovery of George Van Biesbroeck^[3].

Why It Matters

53P/Van Biesbroeck draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #25 of 183).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]