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209P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
2.95 au
Eccentricity
0.6814
Inclination
21.34°
Orbital period
5.065 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

209P209P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a2.95 au
Eccentricity e0.6814
Inclination i21.34°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q0.94 / 4.96 au
Period1,850 d (5.065 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M62.87° / 152.63° / 225.58°
Earth MOID0.0251 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2003-12-03 → 2024-09-15 · 2,879 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/209p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.