294P/LINEAR (0294P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 30 November 2019 Perihelion distance (q): 1.3 Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.1 Period (years): 5.7 Eccentricity (e): 0.60 Inclination (i): 18.2 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 294P/LINEAR = 2008 A2 = 2013 X2 An apparently asteroidal object of 20th magnitude discovered by LINEAR on 13 January 2008 was found to show a coma after posting on the NEOCP. Hidetaka Sato recovered 2008 A2 with the remote iTelescope 0.43m astrograph at Mayhill, New Mexico on 11 December 2013. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 02-May-14 18.29 0.22 17.8 0.2