246P/NEAT is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on 28 March 2004 by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) survey using the reflector at the Haleakalā Observatory. It was given the permanent number 246P on 14 January 2011.
Orbit It is classified as a Quasi-Hilda comet. Due to perturbations by Jupiter, the 2005, 2013 and 2021 perihelion passages will be closer to the Sun. The comet is observable all through its orbit.
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at the Minor Planet Center database 246P/NEAT at Seiichi Yoshida's website 246P/NEAT at Kazuo Kinoshita's website (22 December 2011)