Comet P/2001 TU80 = Comet 2008 R5 (LINEAR-NEAT) The comet P/2001 TU80 was discovered by the NEAT program on November 16, 2001. The comet was recovered on the 8th September, 2008 by J.V. Scotti (Spacewatch II). The comet had an encounter (0.0815 AU) with the planet Jupiter in April 1985 which changed the orbital dynamics of comet. The orbital elements of the comet P/2008 R 5 (LINEAR-NEAT) indicate a perihelion passage on the 9th December, 2008 at a distance from 1.94 AU from the Sun, and a 7.02 years period.