LINEAR is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 3.44 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 122.79°
- Perihelion
- 3.443 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 163.95°
- Argument of periapsis
- 85.27°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456651.68990 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 1,168.8 LD
- 3.0033 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- -1.245
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 18
- Data arc
- 92 days
- First observed
- 4 October 2014
- Last observed
- 4 January 2015
- Residual RMS
- 0.63 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2011 J2-C
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB