Comet
LINEAR-Hill
429P/LINEAR-Hill
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.428 AU
- True anomaly
- 215.26°
- 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
- 3.493 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5067
- Inclination
- 7.75°
- Orbital period
- 6.53 years
- Perihelion
- 1.723 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.262 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 325.15°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454773.36187 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 12.1
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)