472P/NEAT-LINEAR (0472P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 26 February 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 1.4 Aphelion distance (Q) : 14.5 Period (years): 22.5 Eccentricity (e): 0.82 Inclination (i): 56.9 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas 472P/NEAT-LINEAR = 2002 T6 = 2023 RL75 An object reported as asteroidal independently by the NEAT (4 October 2002, mag 20.1) and LINEAR surveys (7 October 2002, mag 19.4), and later placed on the NEOCP, was found to be cometary in appearance. An asteroid was discovered at 21st magnitude by Erwin Schwab with the Calar Alto- Schmidt on 9 September 2023. JPL classified it as a Centaur. The object was in a 21 year orbit with perihelion at 3.4 au in July 2024. The orbit has a Jupiter MOID of 0.7 au and a Saturn MOID of 0.3 au. Alessandro Odasso noted on 24 October that the orbit for this object was close to that of 2002 T6, which was confirmed by the MPC on 30 October. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 25-Dec-24 16.6 0.4 03-Jan-25 16.0 0.6 27-Jan-25 17.0 0.4 03-Feb-25 16.8 0.6 26-Feb-25 17.0 0.4