237P/LINEAR (0237P)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 14 May 2023 Perihelion distance (q): 2.0 Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.0 Period (years): 6.6 Eccentricity (e): 0.43 Inclination (i): 14.0 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A cometary object discovered by WISE on 10 June 2010 was linked to an asteroidal object found by LINEAR on 6 June 2002. The comet has a period of 7.2 years and was at perihelion at 2.4 AU in December 2009. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 12-Apr-16 18.07 0.08 17.6 0.2 01-May-16 17.10 0.06 16.4 0.2 28-May-16 15.14 0.01 14.8 0.3 07-Jun-16 14.55 0.00 14.2 0.3 26-Jun-16 13.89 0.08 12.9 0.5 24-Aug-16 13.81 0.01 12.4 0.6 02-Sep-16 13.83 0.01 12.6 0.8 14-Sep-16 13.59 0.05 11.7 0.8 04-Jul-17 18.59 0.18 17.1 0.3 29-May-23 13.3 1.9 20-Jun-23 12.9 1.9 22-Jun-23 12.8 2.3 11-Jul-23 12.4 3.0 18-Jul-23 12.4 2.4 24-Jul-23 12.4 3.4 07-Aug-23 13.0 2.1 15-Aug-23 13.1 1.9 24-Aug-23 14.1 1.5 03-Sep-23 14.1 1.3 10-Sep-23 14.4 1.3 17-Sep-23 14.1 1.5 01-Oct-23 16.5 0.4 12-Oct-23 16.4 0.6 01-Nov-23 17.9 0.4 16-Nov-23 18.1 0.4