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391P/Kowalski MPEC 2026-T05

391P/Kowalski MPEC 2026-T05

CometClass Dcatalogued
Both hemispheres

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

16h 17m 46s

J2000

Declination

−06° 14′ 14″

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 14h ago.

Perihelion

2028-05-08

4.139 au

Peak window

2028-05-08

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

Historic peak

—

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

14h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-06 14:20:46 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

4.139 au

e

0.1184

i

21.25°

Ω

124.71°

ω

186.69°

a

4.695 au

MOID

—

H

8.0

H0 / n

8.0 / 4

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

24°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • 391P/Kowalski MPEC 2026-T05

    391P/Kowalski MPEC 2026-T05 · 2026-10-02 13:20:55 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Kowalski MPEC 2026

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-10-02 13:20:55 UTC → current

  • Kowalski MPEC 2026-T05

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-10-02 13:20:55 UTC → current

  • T05

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-10-02 13:20:55 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.