Asteroid UY275 2003 was discovered by LINEAR on the 29th October 2003. Thw object was recovered by J. Scotti (Spacewatch) on the 20th May, 2010, and found to have a cometary nature; and renamed as Comet P/2003 UY275 (LINEAR). The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 8th Septmber, 2010, at a distance of 1.8 AU from the Sun, and a 7.2 year orbital period.