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Table 3

Retrograde comet 333P/LINEAR (2007 VA85): orbital elements (JD 2458600.5) and selected physical data.

Obj. name a[au ] e i2000 [deg ] Ω2000[deg] ω2000[deg] M[deg] No. of
obs. used
333P/2007 VA85 4.22259 0.735955 131.883 115.582 26.114 127.062 663
1-σ rms 5.637E-06 2.660E-07 1.580E-05 1.844E-05 1.811E-05 2.106E-04

Physical data

JPL NASA Classification: Jupiter-family comet [NEO]
Period: P = 21.04 h (Hicks & Thackeray 2016); Cometary parameters, total magnitude, and its slope: M1=15.1, k1=7
Cometary parameters NGR [AU/d2]:
A1 = 2.095E-10 ± 1.350E-10 (radial)
A2 = −1.906E-11 ± 1.181E-11 (transverse)
Possible Yarkovsky drift based on formula of Nugent et al. (2012b): (1.63E-4 ÷ 2.41E-4) AU/Myr
Earth MOID (minimum orbit intersection distance): 0.176206 AU
Median dynamical lifetime: τ ≃±0.5 Myr.

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