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160P/LINEAR

Periodic comet in the Solar System
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160P/LINEAR
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Summary

160P/LINEAR is a periodic comet[1]. 160P/LINEAR draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (periodic comet category, ranking #33 of 183).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
  • Instance of: Jupiter-family comet[4]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[5]
  • Provisional designation: 160P/2004 NL21[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: July 15, 2004[7]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.4790971487339167[8]
  • Absolute magnitude: 6.7[9]
  • Orbital inclination: 17.27621470826743 degree[10]
  • Orbital period: 2886.219650470302 day[11]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 337.0020906796049 degree[12]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.967229288813575 astronomical unit[13]
  • Apoapsis: 5.867917529457842 astronomical unit[14]
  • Periapsis: 2.066541048169307 astronomical unit[15]
  • Argument of periapsis: 18.19829512986031 degree[16]
  • Mean anomaly: 0.05948310176440832 degree[17]
  • Epoch: September 19, 2012[18]
  • Time of periapsis: 2456189.0231075077 Julian day[19]

Why It Matters

160P/LINEAR has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] 160P/LINEAR is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 160P/LINEAR. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/160p-linear
MLA “160P/LINEAR.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/160p-linear.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_160p-linear_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{160P/LINEAR}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/160p-linear}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · ~2026-50558-89 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet center body id → 160P
    Semi-major axis of an orbit → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.967229288813575'}
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.05948310176440832'}
    Instance of → periodic comet, Jupiter-family comet
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Minor planet center body id: 160P"
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