* Astronomy

Comet P/2002 CW134 = 2009 B4 (LINEAR)
The comet P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 7th February, 2002 by LINEAR.
The comet was recovered on the 31st January, 2009 by Gary Hug (Sandlot Observatory, Scranton).
The orbital elements indicate a perihelion passage on the 5th January, 2009 at a distance of 1.8 AU from the Sun, and a 6.85 year orbital period.

Orbital elements:
P/2002 CW134 = 2009 B4 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT = JDT 2452320.5
T 2002 Feb. 28.94268 TT                                 MPC
q   1.8395125            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.14415013     Peri.  190.11037     -0.99837522     -0.02045765
a   3.6024063      Node   348.31635     +0.04906432     -0.78324640
e   0.4893656      Incl.   15.22563     -0.02897614     -0.62137473
P   6.84

MPEC 2009 -C04

Ephemeris