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197P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
2.867 au
Eccentricity
0.6299
Inclination
25.56°
Orbital period
4.846 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

197P197P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a2.867 au
Eccentricity e0.6299
Inclination i25.56°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q1.061 / 4.67 au
Period1,770 d (4.846 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M66.4° / 188.75° / 238°
Earth MOID0.0508 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2003-05-23 → 2023-10-17 · 325 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/197p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.