158P/Kowal-LINEAR

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158P/Kowal-LINEAR
Discovery
Discovered by: Charles T. Kowal
LINEAR
Discovery date: July 24, 1979
Alternate designations: 1979 O1; 2001 RG100
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch: March 6, 2006
Aphelion distance: 4.857 AU
Perihelion distance: 4.592 AU
Semi-major axis: 4.724 AU
Eccentricity: 0.02799
Orbital period: 10.27 a
Inclination: 7.9066°
Last perihelion: July 8, 2002
Next perihelion: 2012

158P/Kowal-LINEAR is a periodic comet in our solar system.

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