471P/LINEAR-Fazekas (0471P)
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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