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252P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
3.047 au
Eccentricity
0.6731
Inclination
10.42°
Orbital period
5.311 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

252P252P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Davide Farnocchia
ClassJFc · near-Earth
Semi-major axis a3.047 au
Eccentricity e0.6731
Inclination i10.42°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q0.996 / 5.1 au
Period1,940 d (5.311 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M190.95° / 343.31° / 16.63°
Earth MOID0.0122 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2016-04-05 → 2021-08-29 · 122 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/252p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.