471P/LINEAR-Fazekas (0471P)

TRY AGAIN 2036

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 20 December 2023 Perihelion distance (q): 2.1 Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.3 Period (years): 13.6 Eccentricity (e): 0.63 Inclination (i): 4.8 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 471P/LINEAR-Fazekas = 2010 YK3 = 2023 KF3 Jacqueline Fazekas noted cometary activity in an object discovered with the 1.5-m reflector of the Mt Lemmon Survey on 24 May 2023. The activity was confirmed by several other observers and reported on the comets-ml on September 6. It was linked to an object discovered by LINEAR on 31 December 2010 and designated as 2010 YK3. There was also a Spacewatch image from 1996 June. The comet has a Jupiter MOID of 0.3 au, with an approach to 0.9 au in May 1995 and one to 0.6 au in February 2039. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 10-Sep-23 16.9 0.4 10-Sep-23 16.9 0.4 20-Sep-23 17.0 0.4 17-Oct-23 16.9 0.4 18-Oct-23 17.0 0.4 01-Nov-23 17.2 0.4 11-Nov-23 17.4 0.4 01-Dec-23 17.4 0.4 09-Dec-23 17.6 0.4 29-Dec-23 17.6 0.4 01-Feb-24 17.9 0.4