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146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
4.031 au
Eccentricity
0.6473
Inclination
23.11°
Orbital period
8.104 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

146P146P/Shoemaker-LINEARShoemaker-LINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Davide Farnocchia
ClassJFc
Semi-major axis a4.031 au
Eccentricity e0.6473
Inclination i23.11°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q1.422 / 6.64 au
Period2,960 d (8.104 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M53.38° / 316.99° / 256.31°
Earth MOID0.496 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2000-09-27 → 2025-05-01 · 660 observations

Provenance

where this card came from
ArchiveRead at (UTC)Record
Seeded from the bulk archive load; no per-object fetch yet.

Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/146p-shoemaker-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.