LINEAR
235P/LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.802 AU
- True anomaly
- 88.83°
- As of
- 17 September 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 17h 17m 24s
- Declination
- -13° 00′ 03″
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Distance from Earth
- 2.73 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 83.98° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 3.465 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4292
- Inclination
- 9.92°
- Orbital period
- 6.45 years
- Perihelion
- 1.978 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.952 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 200.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 351.03°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2460390.5
- Orbit class · JFc
- Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
- Earth MOID · 380.9 LD
- 0.9787 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 2.954
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 2,051
- Data arc
- 24.71 years
- First observed
- 26 December 2001
- Last observed
- 13 September 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.76 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 September 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 6.3
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 23.5
- 6.3
Discovery & classification
Also known as 235P
Close approaches 5 on record
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2093-12-10 09:00:00 | Jupiter | 0.422 AU | 164.2 LD | 4.9 km/s |
| 2154-01-03 16:58:00 | Jupiter | 0.4402 AU | 171.3 LD | 4.7 km/s |
| 2200-07-30 22:24:00 | Jupiter | 0.3077 AU | 119.8 LD | 5.3 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB