240P-NEAT-240PB-NEAT

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:10:10 +0100

240P/NEAT & 240P-B/NEAT, ASA N10 DSPro 2600m L 23x150s, ASK8/f3 Nexus DSPro 2600C 24x150s total: 1,95h, ASA DDM85, Gahberg 20251210 UT 21:
240P/NEAT is a Jupiter-family comet with an orbital period of 7.61 years. It was discovered by Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) on 7 December 2002.
The comet came opposition on 22 November 2025, and will come to perihelion on 19 December 2025 when it should be around magnitude 12-13.
On 3 October 2025 fragment 240P-B was imaged by Kitt Peak and reported by V. Carvajal.[14] 240P-B should also come to perihelion on 19 December 2025,
about 14 minutes before the main body and about 0.00007 AU (10,000 km; 6,500 mi) farther from the Sun.