146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR (0146P)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 5 August 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 1.4 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.6 Period (years): 8.1 Eccentricity (e): 0.65 Inclination (i): 23.1 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas The comet was discovered by Shoemaker on 26 September 1984 (D/1984 W1) and rediscovered independently by F. Shelly and R. Huber, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (LINEAR) on 27 September 2000 (C/2000 S2). S. Nakano, Sumoto, subsequently , then identified that the two objects are the same comet. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 31-Oct-16 19.60 0.19 19.2 0.2 10-Dec-16 19.39 0.27 16.5 0.2 31-Aug-24 14.6 1.7 10-Sep-24 16.3 0.6 30-Sep-24 18.0 0.4 30-Oct-24 18.6 0.4 06-Nov-24 18.6 0.4 22-Nov-24 19.1 0.4 08-Dec-24 18.9 0.4