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Vinony's link graph records 581 inbound references to 17P/Holmes, and connects out to comet, apsis and C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE).
Vinony files it under 2007 in science, Astronomical objects discovered in 1892 and Comets in 2007.
Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Discovered by
- Edwin Holmes
- Discovery date
- 6 November 1892
- Mpc designation
- P/1892 V1, P/1899 L1, P/1964 O1
- Alternative designations
- 1892 III, 1899 II, 1906 III, 1964 X, 1972 I, 1979 IV, 1986 V, 1993 VII, 1892f, 1899d, 1906f, 1964i, 1971b, 1979f, 1986f, 1993i
- Epoch
- 21 November 2025 ( JD 2461000.5)
- Aphelion
- 5.194 AU
- Perihelion
- 2.090 AU
- Semi major axis
- 3.642 AU
- Orbital period
- 6.951 years
- Inclination
- 19.005°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 326.60°
- Argument of periapsis
- 24.603°
- Mean anomaly
- 246.31°
- Last perihelion
- 19 February 2021
- Next perihelion
- 31 January 2028
- Earth moid
- 1.073 AU
- Jupiter moid
- 0.481 AU
- Mean radius
- 1.71 km (1.06 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Jupiter-family comet
- Parent body
- Sun
- Diameter
- 3.42
- Orbital period
- 2522.1006
- Image
- 17pHolmes 071104 eder vga.jpg
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- Commons category
- 17P/Holmes
- Commons gallery
- 17P/Holmes
- discoverer or inventor
- Edwin Holmes
- time of discovery or invention
- 1892-11-06
- provisional designation
- 1899d
- absolute magnitude
- 9.4
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.4301548
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 3.6261240
- periapsis
- 2.066329254703369
- apoapsis
- 5.1859187
- orbital inclination
- 19.070359
- longitude of ascending node
- 326.7738104542646
- argument of periapsis
- 24.7385060050165
- mean anomaly
- 133.7855814366874
- time of periapsis
- 2456743.2203032067
- epoch
- October 19, 2016
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