Comet
LINEAR
209P/LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.898 AU
- True anomaly
- 173.78°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 2.95 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6814
- Inclination
- 21.34°
- Orbital period
- 5.07 years
- Perihelion
- 0.94 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.959 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 62.87°
- Argument of periapsis
- 152.63°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456778.34473 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.1
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)