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238P/Read

Comet
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Semi-major axis
3.166 au
Eccentricity
0.2517
Inclination
1.26°
Orbital period
5.64 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

238P238P/ReadRead

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Davide Farnocchia
ClassETc
Semi-major axis a3.166 au
Eccentricity e0.2517
Inclination i1.26°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q2.369 / 3.96 au
Period2,060 d (5.64 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M51.63° / 324.21° / 17.77°
Earth MOID1.37 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2005-11-22 → 2022-12-24 · 119 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/238p-read · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.