Comet
LINEAR
439P/LINEAR
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 3.056 AU
- True anomaly
- 248.54°
- 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
- 3.359 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5098
- Inclination
- 6.96°
- Orbital period
- 6.16 years
- Perihelion
- 1.646 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.071 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 59.1°
- Argument of periapsis
- 337.65°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454855.46465 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 12.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)