249P/LINEAR (0249P)
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 1 February 2025
Perihelion distance (q): 0.5
Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.0
Period (years): 4.6
Eccentricity (e): 0.82
Inclination (i): 8.4
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Atlas
249P/LINEAR = 2006 U1 = 2011 A4
An apparently asteroidal object of 17th magnitude, discovered by LINEAR on 19
October 2006 was found to be cometary by other observers. Leonid Elenin
(Lyubertsy, Russia) recovered 2006 U1 (P/LINEAR) using the ISON-NM Observatory
near Mayhill, New Mexico, USA.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
04-Mar-20
19.01
0.08
18.7
0.2
16-Mar-20
18.73
0.23
18.3
0.3
24-Mar-20
18.35
0.08
18.1
0.2