165P/LINEAR

{{Short description|Periodic comet with 76 year orbit}}

{{Infobox comet

| name=165P/LINEAR

| image=

| discoverer=LINEAR

| discovery_date=January 29, 2000

| designations=P/2000 B4

| epoch=March 6, 2006

| semimajor=18 AU

| perihelion=6.852 AU

| aphelion=29.15 AU

| eccentricity=0.6193

| period=76.37 a

| inclination= 15.8959°

| last_p=June 15, 2000

| next_p=2075-Oct-14
October 17, 2075

}}

165P/LINEAR is a periodic comet in the Solar System. 165P/LINEAR has a perihelion distance of 6.8 AU,{{cite web

|type=2003-04-25 last obs

|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 165P/LINEAR

|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=165P

|access-date=2012-07-13}} and is a Chiron-type comet with TJupiter smaller than 3 and a semi-major axis larger than Jupiter's.

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web

|title=165P/LINEAR Orbit

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=165P

|publisher=Minor Planet Center

|access-date=2014-06-18}}

{{cite web

|date=2005-06-30

|title=165P/LINEAR (2000 B4) (NK 1186)

|publisher=OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections

|author=Syuichi Nakano

|author-link=Syuichi Nakano

|url=http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk1186.htm

|access-date=2012-02-20}}

{{cite web

|date=2005-11-09

|title=165P/LINEAR

|publisher=Seiichi Yoshida's Comet Catalog

|author=Seiichi Yoshida

|url=http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0165P/index.html

|access-date=2012-02-20}}

{{cite web

|title=Horizons Batch for 165P/LINEAR on 2075-Oct-14

|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=%27165P%27&START_TIME=%272075-Oct-13%27&STOP_TIME=%272075-Oct-18%27&STEP_SIZE=%271%20hours%27&QUANTITIES=%2719%27

|accessdate=2022-06-22}} (JPL#51 Soln.date: 2021-Apr-15)

}}