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NASA JPL SBDB · 467P

LINEAR-Grauer

LINEAR-Grauer follows a distinctly cometary orbit: an eccentricity of 0.071 carries it from 5.294 AU at perihelion out to 6.109 AU at aphelion.

comet Observations: 98
Orbital Period · P
13.6 yr
v(q)
13.4 km/s
v(Q)
11.6 km/s
TJ
3
Eccentricity · e
0.0715

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 5.294 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 6.109 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.815 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 5.701 AU gives an orbital period of 13.6 yr, or about 4,972 days.

With e = 0.071, the orbit is close to circular.

Its inclination of 2.53° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 13.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 11.6 km/s at aphelion.

Its Tisserand parameter with respect to Jupiter is T_J = 3, a standard discriminator between asteroidal and cometary dynamics.

Size and surface

Neither a measured diameter nor a reliable absolute magnitude is available for LINEAR-Grauer, so its physical size remains unconstrained.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 98 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7162 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
5.701 AU
Eccentricity
0.0715
Perihelion
5.294 AU
Aphelion
6.108621 AU
Inclination
2.53°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2456223.5
Mean Anomaly
100.3°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
—

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.71617
Condition
1
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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