279P/La Sagra
- Capture date
- 2009-10-13
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
- No dated J01 record is available in the local MPC cache.
- Distance to the Sun
- 2.147882 AU (321,318,508 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 1.336197 AU (199,892,212 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 19.5 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
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- Source filename
- p2009qg31.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1000 × 638
About this object
- Designation
- 279P
- Orbit class
- Jupiter-family Comet
Orbital parameters: Epoch 2456226.5 JD TDB · q = 2.15 au · e = 0.398 · i = 5.05 deg · Ω = 346 deg · ω = 6.02 deg · T = 2455114.370 JD TDB