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131P

131P/Mueller

CometClass Ecatalogued
Northern hemisphere

Not currently visible. Last report 389 days ago at mag 22.4. Historic peak was mag 20.8. Typical backyard telescopes will not show it. HST, JWST, or an 8–10 m class telescope might recover it with a good ephemeris.

Active comet in COBS

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Right ascension

08h 04m 16s

J2000

Declination

+13° 08′ 48″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

22.4

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

44

Arc unknown

Last observation

389d ago

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:07:12 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-02-15

2.410 au

Peak window

2025-09-27 → 2026-02-18

COBS peak mag 20.8 on 2025-09-30 · perihelion 2026-02-15. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

20.8

COBS / analyzed peak 2025-09-30

Catalog ingest

14h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-06 14:20:17 UTC

Light curve

Brightness over time (V mag)

Gold = reported observations. Steel dashed family = ensemble (nominal / outburst / fade / disruption).

Tail length

Converted to degrees from COBS (d / arcmin / arcsec). Empty until analysis has pulled the archive.

Ensemble is a first-pass H0/n photometric model plus observed samples — not a trained ML forecast yet. The background analyzer walks the catalog one object at a time so COBS is not flooded. Disruption track rises after perihelion to stand in for solar-wind stripping.

Orbital elements

q

2.410 au

e

0.3450

i

7.36°

Ω

214.00°

ω

179.00°

a

3.680 au

MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

11.0 / 4

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

88°

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

    ok

    Comet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).

  • COBS orbits

    ok

    Osculating elements and photometric parameters (H0, n) for active comets.

Name history

  • 131P/Mueller

    131P · 2026-09-14 18:27:52 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Mueller

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:27:52 UTC → current

Contributors

Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.