166P/NEAT

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166P/NEAT
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Discovery
Discovered by NEAT
Discovery date October 15, 2001
Alternative
designations		 P/2001 T4
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch March 6, 2006
Aphelion 19.1 AU
Perihelion 8.559 AU
Semi-major axis 13.83 AU
Eccentricity 0.3811
Orbital period 51.43 a
Inclination 15.3813°
Last perihelion May 20, 2002[1]
Next perihelion November 26, 2053[2][3][4][5]

166P/NEAT is a periodic comet and centaur in the outer Solar System. It was discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project in 2001 and initially classified a comet with provisional designation P/2001 T4 (NEAT), as it was apparent from the discovery observations that the body exhibited a cometary coma. It is one of few known bodies with centaur-like orbits that display a coma, along with 60558 Echeclus, 2060 Chiron, 165P/LINEAR and 167P/CINEOS. It is also one of the reddest centaurs.[6]

166P/NEAT has a perihelion distance of 8.56 AU,[1] and is a Chiron-type comet with (TJupiter > 3; a > aJupiter).[1]

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Periodic comets (by number)
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