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256P/LINEAR

Comet
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Semi-major axis
4.631 au
Eccentricity
0.4194
Inclination
27.63°
Orbital period
9.966 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

256P256P/LINEARLINEAR

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc
Semi-major axis a4.631 au
Eccentricity e0.4194
Inclination i27.63°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q2.689 / 6.57 au
Period3,640 d (9.966 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M81.44° / 124.12° / 68.87°
Earth MOID1.78 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc2003-01-27 → 2023-07-08 · 270 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/256p-linear · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.