166P/NEAT

166P/NEAT is a Chiron-type comet and centaur in the outer Solar System. It was discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project in 2001 and initially classified a comet with provisional designation P/2001 T4 (NEAT), as it was apparent from the discovery observations that the body exhibited a cometary coma. It is one of few known bodies with centaur-like orbits that display a coma, along with 60558 Echeclus, 2060 Chiron, 165P/LINEAR and 167P/CINEOS. It is also one of the reddest centaurs ever known. 166P/NEAT has a perihelion distance of 8.56 AU (1.281 billion km). == References == == External links == 166P/NEAT at the JPL Small-Body Database 166P/NEAT at the Minor Planet Center database 166P/NEAT at Seiichi Yoshida's website