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188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPEC 2026-SH8

188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPEC 2026-SH8

CometClass Dcatalogued
Northern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

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Right ascension

06h 21m 20s

J2000

Declination

+35° 11′ 09″

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 28d 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

28d ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-10-10 13:20:47 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

103°

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 MPEC 2026-SH8

    188P/LINEAR-Mueller MPEC 2026-SH8 · 2026-09-29 13:20:54 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • LINEAR

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-29 13:20:54 UTC → current

  • LINEAR-Mueller MPEC 2026-SH8

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-29 13:20:54 UTC → current

  • Mueller MPEC 2026

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-29 13:20:54 UTC → current

  • SH8

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-29 13:20:54 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.