C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

For other comets of the same name, see List of comets discovered by the LINEAR project.
C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
Comet LINEAR photographed from Mount Laguna, California on 11 July 2007
Discovery
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery date13 November 2006
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch13 June 2007 (JD 2454264.5)
Observation arc274 days
Number of
observations		1,025
Perihelion1.0152 AU
Eccentricity1.000249
Inclination134.793°
66.0269°
Argument of
periapsis		174.115°
Last perihelion10 August 2007
Earth MOID0.0047 AU
Jupiter MOID2.8204 AU
Physical characteristics
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		13.9
7.5
(2007 apparition)

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is a non-periodic comet discovered by the LINEAR survey on 13 November 2006.

Discovery and observations

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) and NGC 5820 taken by Robert Sharpe at Shuttleview observatory on 14 July 2007.

The object was initially believed to be an asteroid due to its stellar appearance in the early images. However, observers soon detected a small coma and the telltale green cometary cast.

The comet peaked at approximately magnitude +7.5,[2] much brighter than predicted.[3] The comet made Earth approach on July 14, 2007 at a distance of 0.575 AU. Perihelion was August 10, 2007 at a distance of 1.015 AU.

References

  1. ^ "C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ S. Yoshida. "C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)". www.aerith.net. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  3. ^ T. Flanders (10 July 2007). "Comet LINEAR Graces the Northern Sky". Sky & Telescope. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2007.
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