Comet
LINEAR-NEAT
224P/LINEAR-NEAT
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.235 AU
- True anomaly
- 215.39°
- 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
- 3.37 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4373
- Inclination
- 14.87°
- Orbital period
- 6.19 years
- Perihelion
- 1.896 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.843 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 43.27°
- Argument of periapsis
- 10.94°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452907.98889 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 13.9
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)