11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (Comet). See its size, orbit and live position on a 3D map of the Solar System. 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet roughly 1 km in diameter with a 5.95-year orbit around the Sun.
11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR is a periodic comet roughly 1 km in diameter with a 5.95-year orbit around the Sun. At the perihelion passage on 9 November 2026 the solar elongation will be 170 degrees with a declination of +26. The closest approach to Earth will be two days later on 11 November 2026 at a distance of 0.401 AU (60.0 million km). The comet may brighten enough in late 2026 to get into the reach of smart telescopes.
- Type: Comet
- Orbital period: 6.0 years
- Eccentricity: 0.577