160P/LINEAR

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160P/LINEAR
Discovery
Discovered by: LINEAR
Discovery date: July 15, 2004
Alternate designations: 2004 NL21
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch: March 6, 2006
Aphelion distance: 5.878 AU
Perihelion distance: 2.082 AU
Semi-major axis: 3.98 AU
Eccentricity: 0.4768
Orbital period: 7.94 a
Inclination: 17.2578°
Last perihelion: October 12, 2004
Next perihelion: 2012

160P/LINEAR, also known as LINEAR 43, is a periodic comet in our solar system.

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