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NEAT-LINEAR

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410P/NEAT-LINEAR

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
8.958 AU
True anomaly
152.57°
Distance from Earth
9.766 AU
As of
22 October 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth NEAT-LINEAR — 8.958 AU from the Sun NEAT-LINEAR
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. NEAT-LINEAR is 9.766 AU from Earth today (1.4 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 08m 12s
Declination
-12° 31′ 42″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
9.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.11° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
6.627 AU
Eccentricity
0.51
Inclination
9.39°
Orbital period
17.06 years
Perihelion
3.247 AU
Aphelion
10.006 AU
Longitude of ascending node
139.98°
Argument of periapsis
313.11°
Epoch · J2000
2459145.5
Orbit class · JFc
Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
Earth MOID · 884.8 LD
2.2735 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.701

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
272
Data arc
17.14 years
First observed
8 March 2005
Last observed
29 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.44 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
15.3
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 4.5
15.3

Discovery & classification

Also known as 410P · 410P/2003 WR168 · 410P/2005 CR16 · 410P/2020 W2

Named

Close approaches 11 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2040-07-02 09:09:00 Juptr 0.7317 AU 284.8 LD 6 km/s
2048-06-28 18:38:00 Satrn 0.8149 AU 317.1 LD 3 km/s
2069-10-22 12:03:00 Juptr 0.5175 AU 201.4 LD 7.6 km/s
2088-12-01 19:46:00 Juptr 1.5084 AU 587.0 LD 10.2 km/s
2117-01-22 19:10:00 Juptr 1.3971 AU 543.7 LD 10.4 km/s
2136-02-16 02:48:00 Juptr 0.752 AU 292.7 LD 7.6 km/s
2164-07-13 06:02:00 Juptr 1.7791 AU 692.4 LD 11.4 km/s
2183-10-24 17:07:00 Juptr 1.0414 AU 405.3 LD 8.8 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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