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271P/van Houten-Lemmon

Comet
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Semi-major axis
6.974 au
Eccentricity
0.3907
Inclination
6.86°
Orbital period
18.43 y

Also known as

3 identifiers

271P271P/van Houten-Lemmonvan Houten-Lemmon

Orbit and body

JPL Small-Body Database · solution by Otto Matic
ClassJFc
Semi-major axis a6.974 au
Eccentricity e0.3907
Inclination i6.86°
Perihelion q / aphelion Q4.25 / 9.7 au
Period6,730 d (18.43 y)
Node Ω / argument ω / M9.59° / 35.09° / 344.88°
Earth MOID3.26 au
Absolute magnitude H—
Diameter— km
Albedo—
Rotation period— h
Spectral type—
Observation arc1960-09-24 → 2015-01-20 · 96 observations

Provenance

where this card came from
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/271p-van-houten-lemmon · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.