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 comet 333P/LINEAR ( P/2007 VA85)

Photometric data obtained by use of FOCAS-II software

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COMET         UTC                    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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COMET         UTC                   DELTA    r    BOX "   MAG   RSR    CM    +/-  AFRHO  OBS

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This comet was discovered by the   Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project (LINEAR) on 4 nov.2007 and assigned as P/2007 VA85 , this object has a 18.9 magn.

IAUC 8894:  An apparently asteroidal object of mag 18.5-19 discovered by the LINEAR survey on Nov. 4.1 UT has the shortest known period (P =7.6 yr) for a sun-orbiting natural object with a retrograde orbit (i = 132.6 deg).  Attempts to find cometary activity have been unsuccessful.  The available astrometry and orbital elements appear on MPEC 2007-V73