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Lexell's Comet

comet; near-Earth object
Thing periodic_comet Q2466807

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet, near-Earth object, astronomical phenomenon[3][4][5]
Apoapsis
5.6323197[12]
Argument of periapsis
225.0161[14]
Discoverer or inventor
Charles Messier[2]
Epoch
August 14, 1770[16]
Longitude of ascending node
134.4673[10]
Mean anomaly
-0.0071988[15]
Orbital eccentricity
0.786119[7]
Orbital inclination
1.5517[8]
Orbital period
2045.4[9]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
Periapsis
0.674449[13]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1533844[11]
Time of periapsis
2367764.5409[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lexell's Comet en P/Lexell en Comet Lexell en D/1770 L1 en D/1770 L1 (Lexell) de D/1770_L1_(Lexell) el Κομήτης του Λέξελ es Cometa Lexell es D/1770 L1 (Lexell) es Lexell's Comet es P/Lexell fr Comète Lexell fr D/1770 L 1 it D/1770 L1 ja レクセル彗星 pl D/1770 L1 pl Kometa Lexella pt Cometa de Lexell pt Cometa Lexell ro D/ 1770 L1
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85076354
Freebase ID
/m/04zvzmw
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000705
Minor Planet Center body ID
D/1770 L1
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007565572605171

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
near-Earth object, periodic comet, astronomical phenomenon, Jupiter-family comet
Created notable works 2
Charles Messier, Anders Johan Lexell
Discoverer or inventor 1
Charles Messier
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

Lexell's Comet is a periodic comet[1].

Related Entities

Charles Messier

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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