59P/Kearns–Kwee

Summary

59P/Kearns–Kwee is a periodic comet^[1]. 59P/Kearns–Kwee draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2]

Key Facts

• 59P/Kearns–Kwee is credited with the discovery of Charles E. Kearns^[3].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee is credited with the discovery of Kiem Keng Kwee^[4].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's image is recorded as 59P 2019-01-31 image ZTF-sso-616-zr-fov-4.0arcmin.png^[5].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's instance of is recorded as Jupiter-family comet^[7].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 XXV^[9].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 XX^[10].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 59P/1971 O1^[11].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 1971c^[12].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 59P/1963 Q1^[13].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 VIII^[14].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1963-08-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012w4f8_^[16].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1000050^[17].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4763782272378256'}^[18].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.4'}^[19].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.342960626491518'}^[20].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+3476.313387431248'}^[21].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.8602150427647'}^[22].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.491040753341285'}^[23].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+6.630474785870835'}^[24].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.351606720811735'}^[25].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.7454662545714'}^[26].
• 59P/Kearns–Kwee's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+176.0876919334699'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Charles E. Kearns^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1928–2000^[29], of United States^[30] and Kiem Keng Kwee^[4], an astronomer^[31], 1927–2023^[32], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[33].

Why It Matters

59P/Kearns–Kwee draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (periodic_comet category, ranking #30 of 183).^[2] 59P/Kearns–Kwee has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]