Error message: "Unexpected token *" javascript - wha?

Not quite sure why, it works fine in other scripts - probably a formatting thing? I'm pretty new to javascript so I expect I've done something a bit silly. Here's my script:

 var target: Transform;
 var distance = 10.00;
 var height = 5.00;
 var heightDamping = 2.0;
 var rotationDamping = 3.0;
 
 
 function LateUpdate () {
     transform.LookAt(target);
     
     var wantedRotationAngle = target.eulerAngles.y;
     var wantedHeight = target.position.y + height;
     
     var currentRotationAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
     var currentHeight = transform.position.y;
     
     currentRotationAngle = Mathf.LerpAngle (currentRotationAngle, wantedRotationAngle, rotationDamping, * Time.deltaTime);
     currentHeight = Mathf.Lerp (currentHeight, wantedHeight, heightDamping, * Time.deltaTime);
     
     var currentRotation = Quaternion.Euler (0, currentRotationAngle, 0);
     
     transform.position = target.position;
     transform.position -= currentRotation * Vector3.forward * distance;
     
     transform.position.y = currentHeight;
     
 }