492P/LINEAR (0492P)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 20 July 2024
Perihelion distance (q): 1.8
Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.8
Period (years): 13.9
Eccentricity (e): 0.69
Inclination (i): 11.4
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
492P/LINEAR = 2010 WK = 2010 PB57 = 2024 O3
An apparently asteroidal object of 18th magnitude discovered by LINEAR on
November 17.34 was found to show cometary features in late December by Hirohisa
Sato. This was LINEAR's 200th comet.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
03-Nov-24
19.3
0.4
06-Nov-24
19.3
0.4
01-Dec-24
19.7
0.4
08-Dec-24
19.7
0.4