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217P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
3.95 au
Eccentricity
0.6888
Inclination
12.86°
Orbital period
7.858 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

217P217P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Davide Farnocchia
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a3.95 au
Eccentricity e0.6888
Inclination i12.86°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q1.229 / 6.67 au
Period2,870 d (7.858 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M125.54° / 246.94° / 154.24°
Earth MOID0.312 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2009-03-17 → 2026-04-28 · 3,365 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/217p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.