C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
C/2002 T7 on 27 April 2004 by the Advanced Observing Program of Kitt Peak Visitor Center
Discovery
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery date14 October 2002
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch2003-Nov-16.0
Observation arc1.242 days
Earliest precovery date12 October 2002
Perihelion0.614 AU
Eccentricity1.000487
Inclination160.58°
94.86°
Argument of
periapsis
157.74°
Last perihelion23 April 2004
Earth MOID0.255 AU
Jupiter MOID0.58 AU
Comet total
magnitude
(M1)
7.6 [1]

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is a non-periodic comet discovered in 2002 by LINEAR project. The comet brightened to a magnitude of 2.2.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Brightest comets seen since 1935". www.icq.eps.harvard.edu. Retrieved 20 January 2023.