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249P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
2.77 au
Eccentricity
0.8187
Inclination
8.4°
Orbital period
4.6 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

249P249P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a2.77 au
Eccentricity e0.8187
Inclination i8.4°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q0.502 / 5.04 au
Period1,680 d (4.6 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M239.85° / 64.81° / 255.31°
Earth MOID0.0482 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2006-10-19 → 2021-01-18 · 884 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/249p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.