160P/LINEAR
{{Short description|Periodic comet with 8 year orbit}}
{{Infobox comet
| name = 160P/LINEAR
| image = 160P 2019-10-31 image ZTF-sso-286-zr-fov-4.7arcmin.png
| caption = Comet 160P/LINEAR photographed by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 31 October 2019
| discoverer = LINEAR
| discovery_date = July 15, 2004
| mpc_name = {{mp|P/2004 NL|21}}
| epoch = March 6, 2006
| perihelion = 2.082 AU
| aphelion = 5.878 AU
| semimajor = 3.98 AU| eccentricity = 0.4768
| period = 7.94 a
| inclination = 17.2578°
| last_p = December 2, 2019
September 18, 2012
October 12, 2004
}}
160P/LINEAR is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet came to perihelion on 18 September 2012, and reached about apparent magnitude 17.
Orbit
File:160P LINEAR orbit.jpg|Diagram of the orbit of 160P/LINEAR by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
References
{{reflist|refs=
|date=2009-04-23
|title=160P/LINEAR (NK 1775)
|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections
|author=Syuichi Nakano
|author-link=Syuichi Nakano
|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1775.htm
|accessdate=2012-02-25}}
|date=2012-02-21
|title=160P/LINEAR (2012)
|publisher=Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog
|author=Seiichi Yoshida
|url=http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0160P/2012.html
|accessdate=2012-02-25}}
|title=160P/LINEAR Orbit
|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=160P
|publisher=Minor Planet Center
|accessdate=2014-06-18}}
}}
External links
- {{JPL Small Body|id=1000511}}
- [http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0160P/2004NL21.html 160P on Seiichi Yoshida's comet list]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000303/http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/returnprepeph.cgi?d=c&o=0160P Elements and Ephemeris for 160P/LINEAR] – Minor Planet Center
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Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 2004
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