166P/NEAT


166P/NEAT is a periodic comet and centaur in the outer Solar System. It was discovered by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking project in 2001 and initially classified a comet with provisional designation P/2001 T4, 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.
166P/NEAT has a perihelion distance of 8.56 AU, and is a Chiron-type comet with.