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188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPC xxxxx

188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPC xxxxx

CometClass Dcatalogued
Northern hemisphere

Visibility unknown. No recent magnitude. Large facilities may still recover it if an ephemeris exists.

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

06h 29m 27s

J2000

Declination

+36° 35′ 04″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

—

Unknown

Confidence

41

Class D · priority 50

Observations

0

Arc unknown

Last observation

Not in feed

Feed does not publish an observer timestamp. Catalog ingested 8d ago.

Perihelion

2026-04-13

2.546 au

Peak window

2026-04-13

Using perihelion as a stand-in for peak. Dust comets often brighten a few days later.

Historic peak

—

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

8d ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-10-30 13:21:08 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.

No tail measures stored yet for this object.

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

2.546 au

e

0.4164

i

10.53°

Ω

358.91°

ω

26.86°

a

4.362 au

MOID

—

H

13.8

H0 / n

13.8 / 4

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

120°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

    Full MPC comet orbit catalog. Stored even when fainter than the UI default of mag 22.

Name history

  • 188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPC xxxxx

    188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPC xxxxx · 2026-09-19 13:20:42 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • LINEAR

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-19 13:20:42 UTC → current

  • LINEAR-Mueller MPC xxxxx

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-19 13:20:42 UTC → current

  • Mueller MPC xxxxx

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-19 13:20:42 UTC → current

Contributors

  • No recent COBS visual or CCD reports linked yet.

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