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Orbital elements:
P/2003 HT15 = 2012 B2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2013 Mar. 9.0 TT = JDT 2456360.5
T 2013 Mar. 17.35282 TT                                 MPC
q   2.6899128            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09899219     Peri.  124.11294     -0.80872652     +0.36817376
a   4.6280931      Node    81.44658     -0.56150197     -0.71548311
e   0.4187859      Incl.   27.63669     +0.17514835     -0.59374406
P   9.96
From 48 observations 2003 Jan. 27-2012 Jan. 27

MPEC 2012 - B95

Comet P/2003 HT15 (LINEAR) was rediscovered on the 27st January, 2012, by T. Seki, S. Shimomoto, H. Sato (Geisei Observatory).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 17th March, 2012, at a distance of 2.7 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 9.96 years.