243P/NEAT is a periodic comet currently with a 7.49-year orbit around the Sun.
243P/NEAT is a periodic comet currently with a 7.49-year orbit around the Sun.
== Physical characteristics == In 2008, Elena M. Epifani observed the comet while it was inactive at a distance of , where she estimated that the nucleus has an effective radius of , assuming that it has a geometric albedo of 0.04. Yanga R. Fernández estimated a revised upper limit of approximately based on Spitzer thermal observations in 2013. Michael S. P. Kelley stated that both results can be simultaneously true if the comet has an axial ratio of a/b > 1.3, which is a modest value for typical cometary nuclei.
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