The following is a list of comets discovered, co-discovered and re-discovered by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project (LINEAR), an Earth-based automated sky survey.
In comet nomenclature, the letter before the "/" is either "C" (a non-periodic comet), "P" (a periodic comet), "D" (a comet which has been lost or has disintegrated), "X" (a comet for which no reliable orbit could be calculated — usually historical comets), or "A" for an object that was mistakenly identified as a comet, but is a minor planet.
Comet | Semimajor axis (AU) | Eccentricity | Period (a) | Discoverer(s) or Namesake | |
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3.4374 | 0.539 | 6.37 | Tempel, Swift & LINEAR | ||
4.0267 | 0.648 | 8.08 | C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & LINEAR | ||
3.684 | 0.538 | 7.07 | Anderson & LINEAR | ||
3.595 | 0.559 | 6.82 | Russell & LINEAR | ||
4.7207 | 0.029 | 10.26 | Kowal & LINEAR | ||
3.9734 | 0.479 | 7.92 | LINEAR | ||
18.0499 | 0.622 | 76.69 | LINEAR | ||
176P/LINEAR = minor planet 118401 LINEAR | 3.1928 | 0.193 | 5.71 | LINEAR | |
4.5433 | 0.164 | 9.68 | LINEAR | ||
4.3679 | 0.416 | 9.13 | LINEAR & Mueller | ||
3.5051 | 0.417 | 6.56 | LINEAR & NEAT | ||
4.0111 | 0.574 | 8.03 | LINEAR | ||
2.8666 | 0.63 | 4.85 | LINEAR | ||
3.6607 | 0.47 | 7 | LINEAR & NEAT | ||
2.9378 | 0.689 | 5.04 | LINEAR | ||
3.6044 | 0.49 | 6.84 | LINEAR | ||
3.8813 | 0.445 | 7.65 | LINEAR | ||
3.9422 | 0.69 | 7.83 | LINEAR | ||
3.304 | 0.49 | 6.11 | LINEAR | ||
3.6509 | 0.353 | 6.98 | LINEAR | ||
3.484 | 0.486 | 6.5 | LINEAR | ||
2.8576 | 0.727 | 4.83 | LINEAR | ||
3.5453 | 0.664 | 6.68 | LINEAR | ||
3.6895 | 0.48 | 7.09 | Pigott & LINEAR & Kowalski | ||
3.5874 | 0.499 | 6.79 | Catalina Sky Survey & LINEAR | ||
4.1618 | 0.176 | 8.49 | LINEAR | ||
3.399 | 0.563 | 6.27 | LINEAR | ||
4.0255 | 0.247 | 8.08 | LINEAR & NEAT | ||
3.8181 | 0.252 | 7.46 | LINEAR | ||
4.0004 | 0.315 | 8 | LINEAR | ||
3.7275 | 0.509 | 7.2 | LINEAR | ||
3.7368 | 0.353 | 7.22 | LINEAR | ||
4.4645 | 0.632 | 9.43 | LINEAR | ||
4.8835 | 0.619 | 10.79 | LINEAR | ||
3.9918 | 0.625 | 7.98 | LINEAR | ||
2.7771 | 0.816 | 4.63 | LINEAR | ||
3.4897 | 0.51 | 6.52 | LINEAR | ||
3.0568 | 0.672 | 5.34 | LINEAR | ||
4.6211 | 0.418 | 9.93 | LINEAR | ||
4.253 | 0.646 | 8.77 | LINEAR | ||
3.8656 | 0.504 | 7.6 | LINEAR | ||
4.5127 | 0.621 | 9.59 | LINEAR | ||
3.194 | 0.591 | 5.71 | LINEAR |
Comet | Semimajor axis (AU) | Eccentricity | Period (a) | Discoverer(s) or Namesake | |
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P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) | 12.098 | 0.824 | 42.08 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 4.5041 | 0.244 | 9.56 | LINEAR | |
P/1998 Y1 (LINEAR) | 22.956 | 0.923 | 109.99 | LINEAR | |
P/1999 G1 (LINEAR) | 28.139 | 0.856 | 149.27 | LINEAR | |
P/1999 S3 (LINEAR) | 18.940 | 0.9 | 82.43 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 17.386 | 0.841 | 72.5 | LINEAR | |
P/2000 G2 (LINEAR) | 13.959 | 0.805 | 52.15 | LINEAR | |
P/2000 D2 (LINEAR) | 17.233 | 0.867 | 71.54 | LINEAR | |
P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) | 3.3385 | 0.584 | 6.1 | LINEAR | |
P/2002 A1 (LINEAR) | 16.992 | 0.723 | 70.04 | LINEAR | |
P/2002 A2 (LINEAR) | 17.103 | 0.725 | 70.74 | LINEAR | |
P/2002 B1 (LINEAR) | 9.918 | 0.771 | 31.24 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 5.3501 | 0.615 | 12.38 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 6.4901 | 0.594 | 16.53 | LINEAR | |
P/2002 T5 (LINEAR) | 6.9897 | 0.437 | 18.48 | LINEAR | |
P/2003 F1 (LINEAR) | 20.664 | 0.806 | 93.93 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 4.6211 | 0.418 | 9.93 | LINEAR | |
P/2003 O3 (LINEAR) | 3.1047 | 0.599 | 5.47 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 9.816 | 0.791 | 30.75 | LINEAR | |
P/2003 R1 (LINEAR) | 19.7 | 0.893 | 87.44 | LINEAR | |
P/2003 U1 (LINEAR) | 22.897 | 0.922 | 109.56 | LINEAR | |
P/2003 W1 (LINEAR) | 25.148 | 0.934 | 126.12 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 6.0617 | 0.684 | 14.92 | LINEAR | |
P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR) | 4.4594 | 0.607 | 9.42 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 4.9523 | 0.171 | 11.02 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 5.9099 | 0.673 | 14.37 | LINEAR | |
P/2008 R3 (LINEAR) | 18.425 | 0.896 | 79.09 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 3.3567 | 0.51 | 6.15 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR-Catalina) | 5.1859 | 0.681 | 11.81 | LINEAR & Catalina Sky Survey | |
P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill) | 7.9506 | 0.445 | 22.42 | LINEAR & Hill | |
P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill) | 7.9509 | 0.445 | 22.42 | LINEAR & Hill | |
(LINEAR-NEAT) | 5.6819 | 0.587 | 13.54 | LINEAR & NEAT | |
(LINEAR-NEAT) | 3.3423 | 0.437 | 6.11 | LINEAR & NEAT | |
P/2004 R3 (LINEAR-NEAT) | 3.8367 | 0.442 | 7.52 | LINEAR & NEAT | |
P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) | 3.4722 | 0.508 | 6.47 | LINEAR & NEAT | |
P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) | 4.1146 | 0.486 | 8.35 | LINEAR & Skiff | |
P/2000 S4 (LINEAR-Spacewatch) | 7.1187 | 0.682 | 18.99 | LINEAR & Spacewatch | |
P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR) | 7.6519 | 0.557 | 21.17 | NEAT & LINEAR | |
(Spacewatch-LINEAR) | 7.4655 | 0.452 | 20.40 | Spacewatch & LINEAR | |
P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) | 2.2904 | 0.125 | 3.47 | LINEAR | |
P/2010 A5 (LINEAR) | 5.1001 | 0.664 | 11.52 | LINEAR | |
P/2010 WK (LINEAR) | 5.7309 | 0.692 | 13.72 | LINEAR | |
P/2011 J3 (LINEAR) | 19.602 | 0.926 | 86.79 | LINEAR |
Comet | Semimajor axis (AU) | Axis deviation | Period (Years) | Period deviation | Discoverer(s) or Namesake | |
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C/1998 K2 (LINEAR) | 3240 | 52.318 | 184,455.18 | 4467 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 K3 (LINEAR) | 1758 | 935.89 | 73,714.11 | 5886 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 K5 (LINEAR) | 72.39 | 0.047674 | 615.98 | 0.6085 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 M1 (LINEAR) | 432.5 | 2.5341 | 8,996.15 | 79.06 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 M2 (LINEAR) | 1219 | 6.1291 | 42,590.53 | 321.1 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) | 1290 | 945.99 | 46,320.12 | 5096 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) | 438.5 | 0.15405 | 9,183.52 | 4.839 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 Q1 (LINEAR) | 357.2 | 4.9832 | 6,750.69 | 141.3 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) | 1618 | 8.9444 | 65,099.99 | 539.7 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 U1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1998 U5 (LINEAR) | 102.9 | 0.050505 | 1,043.5 | 0.7684 | LINEAR | |
C/1998 W3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) | 1619 | 62.789 | 65,157.78 | 3790 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) | 234 | 10.838 | 3,578.59 | 248.7 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K4 (LINEAR) | 16.99 | 16.019 | 70.04 | 99.05 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K6 (LINEAR) | 346.6 | 0.40589 | 6,452.54 | 11.33 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K7 (LINEAR) | 696.9 | 268.92 | 18,396.74 | 1065 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 L2 (LINEAR) | 392.8 | 24.671 | 7,784.77 | 733.4 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) | 77.59 | 0.071417 | 683.46 | 0.9436 | LINEAR | |
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) | 4670 | 4462.8 | 319,184.79 | 4575 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 1924 | 5.9824 | 84,452.9 | 11.955 | LINEAR | |
C/2000 H1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) | 500.2 | 0.45053 | 11,185.94 | 15.11 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR) | 266.6 | 3.8162 | 4,354.02 | 93.48 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) | Broke up into 2 pieces | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2001 A2-A (LINEAR) | 2531 | 389.86 | 127,299.13 | 2942 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 A2-B (LINEAR) | 1119 | 3.497 | 37,412.96 | 175.4 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 B1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) | 50,450 | 10277 | 11,330,295.09 | 346300 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR-NEAT) | 1193 | 0.34415 | 41,231.67 | 17.83 | LINEAR & NEAT | |
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) | 11,450 | 79.677 | 1,225,514 | 1279 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) | 1155 | 5.6789 | 39,247.77 | 289.5 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) | 1832 | 485.46 | 78,408.39 | 3117 | LINEAR | |
C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) | 587.9 | 18.611 | 14,254.47 | 676.9 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 A3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 B2 (LINEAR) | 1431 | 275.95 | 54,126.68 | 1566 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 B3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 C2 (LINEAR) | 8703 | 288.29 | 811,933.34 | 4034 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 H2 (LINEAR) | 281.3 | 3.676 | 4,719.05 | 92.49 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 K2 (LINEAR) | 775.7 | 9.4479 | 21,603.34 | 394.7 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 Q2 (LINEAR) | 56.01 | 7.6034 | 419.18 | 85.36 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 Q3 (LINEAR) | broke up into C/2002 Q3-A(?) | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 Q3-A (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 Q5 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 U2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) | 5342 | 67.337 | 390,450.67 | 7383 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 202.2 | 0.015608 | 2,874.52 | 0.3329 | LINEAR | |
C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) | 1386 | 1.3899 | 51,595.58 | 77.62 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 G1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 G2 (LINEAR) | 446.6 | 87.536 | 9,437.87 | 2775 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 H1 (LINEAR) | 2664 | 5.3848 | 137,483.59 | 416.9 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 H2 (LINEAR) | 38.18 | 0.055072 | 235.88 | 0.5104 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 L2 (LINEAR) | 154.5 | 0.045287 | 1,919.66 | 0.8443 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 O1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 S3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 S4 (LINEAR) | Broke up into 2 pieces | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 S4-A (LINEAR) | 36.87 | 0.47048 | 223.87 | 4.285 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 S4-B (LINEAR) | 40.05 | 0.58193 | 253.44 | 5.524 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 T2 (LINEAR) | 6455 | 758.84 | 518,660.88 | 9146 | LINEAR | |
C/2003 T4 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2003 V1 (LINEAR) | 604.7 | 3.2609 | 14,869.96 | 120.3 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(Catalina-LINEAR) | 45.79 | 0.0058809 | 309.81 | 0.05969 | Catalina Sky Survey & LINEAR | |
C/2004 F2 (LINEAR) | 151.7 | 0.44695 | 1,867.59 | 8.256 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 G1 (LINEAR) | 1632 | 7854.7 | 65,917.03 | 47590 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 H1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2004 K3 (LINEAR) | 57.69 | 0.68721 | 438.14 | 7.829 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 L1 (LINEAR) | 864.1 | 1.8829 | 25,401.29 | 83.02 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 L2 (LINEAR) | 788.3 | 0.83336 | 22,135.17 | 35.1 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 700.5 | 1.4528 | 18,538.55 | 57.68 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 U1 (LINEAR) | 3613 | 33.915 | 217,208.65 | 3058 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 X2 (LINEAR) | 1458 | 38.72 | 55,647.67 | 2217 | LINEAR | |
C/2004 X3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 12,900 | 1294.2 | 1,466,036 | 22050 | LINEAR | |
C/2005 A1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2005 G1 (LINEAR) | 19,580 | 835.79 | 2,739,676.1 | 17540 | LINEAR | |
C/2005 H1 (LINEAR) | 46.24 | 0.02928 | 314.43 | 0.2986 | LINEAR | |
C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) | 2067 | 8.7033 | 93,985.77 | 593.6 | LINEAR | |
C/2005 YW (LINEAR) | 190.4 | 0.11001 | 2,627.7 | 2.277 | LINEAR | |
C/2006 M1 (LINEAR) | 153.8 | 0.039307 | 1,907.67 | 0.7313 | LINEAR | |
C/2006 S2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2006 X1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | 251.9 | 0.26311 | 3,997.71 | 6.264 | LINEAR | |
C/2007 D1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2007 D3 (LINEAR) | 650.3 | 1.7638 | 16,585.49 | 67.47 | LINEAR | |
C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2007 M3 (LINEAR) | 170.8 | 0.071448 | 2,231.54 | 1.401 | LINEAR | |
C/2007 O1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2008 H1 (LINEAR) | 51.65 | 0.089237 | 371.25 | 0.9621 | LINEAR | |
C/2008 R3 (LINEAR) | 18.42 | 0.0043322 | 79.09 | 0.02789 | LINEAR | |
C/2008 X3 (LINEAR) | 43.79 | 0.031971 | 289.74 | 0.3173 | LINEAR | |
C/2009 B2 (LINEAR) | 41.84 | 0.093958 | 270.64 | 0.09116 | LINEAR | |
C/2009 T3 (LINEAR) | 4330 | 63.411 | 284,950.6 | 6259 | LINEAR | |
C/2010 R1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2010 S1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) | 3974 | 161.92 | 250,547.03 | 1531 | LINEAR | |
C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2011 J3 (LINEAR) | 19.60 | 0.05808 | 86.79 | 0.3857 | LINEAR | |
C/2011 M1 (LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2011 O1 (LINEAR) | 1243 | 2.9855 | 43,838.65 | 157.9 | LINEAR | |
(LINEAR) | Hyperbolic trajectory | N/A | N/A | N/A | LINEAR | |
C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) | 971.7 | 0.62181 | 30,291.58 | 29.08 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) | 774.2 | 0.33548 | 21,541.62 | 14 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 L1 (LINEAR) | 766.9 | 0.81674 | 21,236.37 | 33.93 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) | 564.5 | 0.51295 | 13,411.27 | 18.28 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 L3 (LINEAR) | 330.8 | 1.7457 | 6,016.5 | 47.63 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 V2 (LINEAR) | 605.3 | 0.40643 | 14,892.73 | 15 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) | 152.9 | 0.064 | 1,891.12 | 1.187 | LINEAR | |
C/2012 Y1 (LINEAR) | 37.95 | 0.043821 | 233.82 | 0.405 | LINEAR |