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218P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
3.096 au
Eccentricity
0.622
Inclination
2.73°
Orbital period
5.448 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

218P218P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Shantanu Naidu
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a3.096 au
Eccentricity e0.622
Inclination i2.73°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q1.171 / 5.02 au
Period1,990 d (5.448 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M176.03° / 59.67° / 162.71°
Earth MOID0.167 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2014-12-29 → 2026-05-05 · 517 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/218p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.