Comet
LINEAR
306P/LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.704 AU
- True anomaly
- 140.51°
- 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
- 3.105 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5985
- Inclination
- 8.37°
- Orbital period
- 5.47 years
- Perihelion
- 1.247 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.964 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 341.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 0.69°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454861.54041 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.6
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)