159P/LONEOS

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 14 year orbit}}

{{For|other comets of the same name|Comet LONEOS}}

{{Infobox comet

| name=159P/LONEOS

| image=

| discoverer=LONEOS

| discovery_date=October 16, 2003

| designations={{mp|P/2003 UD|16}}

| epoch=March 6, 2006

| semimajor=5.888 AU

| perihelion=3.651 AU

| aphelion=8.125 AU

| eccentricity=0.3799

| period=14.29 a

| inclination= 23.4219°

| last_p=May 22, 2018{{cite web

|title=159P/LONEOS Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=159P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|accessdate=2014-06-18}}{{cite web

|date=2004-01-19

|title=159P/LONEOS (NK 1024)

|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections

|author=Syuichi Nakano

|author-link=Syuichi Nakano

|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1024.htm

|accessdate=2012-02-25}}
March 2, 2004

| next_p=2032-Jul-28{{cite web

|title=Horizons Batch for 159P/LONEOS on 2032-Jul-28

|publisher=JPL Horizons

|type=Perihelion occurs when rdot flips from negative to positive

|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%27159P%27&START_TIME=%272032-Jul-25%27&STOP_TIME=%272032-Jul-31%27&STEP_SIZE=%273%20hours%27&QUANTITIES=%2719%27

|accessdate=2023-07-06}} (JPL#54/Soln.date: 2021-Jul-01)

}}

159P/LONEOS is a periodic comet in the Solar System.