Comet
LINEAR
249P/LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.649 AU
- True anomaly
- 168.95°
- 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
- 2.77 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.8187
- Inclination
- 8.4°
- Orbital period
- 4.61 years
- Perihelion
- 0.502 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.038 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 239.85°
- Argument of periapsis
- 64.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457353.28738 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)