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181P/Shoemaker–Levy

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Also known as 181P/Shoemaker-Levy, Shoemaker–Levy 6, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 6, Shoemaker-Levy 6, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 6

REDIRECT List of numbered comets#181P

Wikidata facts

Parent body
Sun
Orbital period
2747.44313771198
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discoverer or inventor
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
time of discovery or invention
1991-10-13
provisional designation
181P/1991b1
absolute magnitude
16.3
orbital eccentricity
0.7073228278805144
semi-major axis of an orbit
3.839018373459053
periapsis
1.123593041258743
apoapsis
6.554443705659363
orbital inclination
16.98117916666919
longitude of ascending node
37.6794577153227
argument of periapsis
333.7988485602352
mean anomaly
11.75008853224812
time of periapsis
2456818.8258330403
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REDIRECT List of numbered comets#181P

Category:Jupiter-family comets Category:Near-Earth comets 0181 Category:Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker Category:Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker Category:Discoveries by David H. Levy

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