C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) was discovered after May 14th by LINEAR in New Mexico, and confirmed by the Table Mountain Observatory in southern California. The first and very preliminary orbit for the 18th magnitude comet shows perihelion at about 0.68 AU on June 29, 2005. The comet is intrinsically very faint and may reach only 13th magnitude. This is LINEARs 158th comet discovery It is currently high in the northern sky. C/2005 K2 19TH May RA 22 06.8 Dec +74 57 49M
