Uncommon comet 32 EP

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

32 pts · Uncommon

Uncommon 33 pts → Rare

Retrograde orbit +18
Has a proper name +8
Comet +6

Total score 32

1 more point to reach Rare.

Badges

Comet · +6
Retrograde orbit · +18
Has a proper name · +8

Trivia

What makes it special

Backwards orbit. Orbits against the grain — retrograde to almost everything else.

How we found it

Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.

Cosmic context

One-way trip. On a hyperbolic path — it will leave the Solar System and never return.
Tail. Its tail always points away from the Sun, never trailing behind its motion.

Properties

eccentricity: 1.0002
inclination: 134.79
interstellar: yes
name: C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
named: yes
orbit class: HYP
perihelion au: 0.8258
semi major au: -4129

About C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is an uncommon comet. It swings within 0.826 AU of the Sun at perihelion.

Orbits against the grain — retrograde to almost everything else.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is an uncommon comet

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Comet, Retrograde orbit and Has a proper name — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.