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Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) was first discovered by the LINEAR monitoring telescope on the 17th December, 2001, and catalogued as 2001 YX127.
The comet was recovered by J. Scotti (Spacewatch II) on the 18th October, 2009.  The comet had last been observed in May 2004.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd August, 2011, at a distance of 3.43 AU from the Sun, and a 8.51 year orbital period.

Orbital elements:
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5
T 2011 Aug. 23.84309 TT                                 MPC
q   3.4304739            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.11577640     Peri.  114.79328     -0.82320259     -0.56328279
a   4.1692316      Node    31.06644     +0.45838351     -0.73325768
e   0.1771928      Incl.    7.91543     +0.33499561     -0.38084862
P   8.51

Ephemeris

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Orbital elements:
    P/2001 YX127 = 2009 U2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5
T 2003 Mar. 7.12634 TT                                  MPC
q   3.4261380            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.11555744     Peri.  115.89914     -0.83450225     -0.54639587
a   4.1744965      Node    31.12750     +0.44339477     -0.74253362
e   0.1792692      Incl.    7.90731     +0.32711935     -0.38742146
P   8.53

MPEC 2009 - U40

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