Comet
Catalina-LINEAR
227P/Catalina-LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 5.09 AU
- True anomaly
- 161.09°
- 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
- 3.559 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5104
- Inclination
- 6.51°
- Orbital period
- 6.71 years
- Perihelion
- 1.742 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.376 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 48.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 90.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2460384.72219 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 12.1
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)