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118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4

Comet
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Diameter
4.8 km
Semi-major axis
3.361 au
Eccentricity
0.4551
Inclination
10.09°
Orbital period
6.16 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

118P118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4Shoemaker-Levy

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Davide Farnocchia
ClassJFc
Semi-major axis a3.361 au
Eccentricity e0.4551
Inclination i10.09°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q1.831 / 4.89 au
Period2,250 d (6.16 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M142.11° / 314.44° / 277.14°
Earth MOID0.865 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter4.8 km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2015-08-15 → 2024-05-31 · 1,771 observations

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/118p-shoemaker-levy-4 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.