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93P

93P/Lovas

CometClass Ecatalogued
Northern hemisphere

Difficult — CCD / large telescope. Around mag 17.6. A large amateur CCD or a professional telescope is required. Historic peak was mag 15.0.

Active comet in COBS

JSONCSV

Right ascension

10h 44m 56s

J2000

Declination

+12° 51′ 55″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

17.6

CCD / citizen telescope · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 66

Observations

377

Arc unknown

Last observation

21d ago

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:42:19 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-05-02

1.690 au

Peak window

2026-04-25 → 2026-05-05

COBS peak mag 15.0 on 2026-04-28 · perihelion 2026-05-02. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

15.0

COBS / analyzed peak 2026-04-28

Catalog ingest

11m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-07 03:00:09 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

1.690 au

e

0.6140

i

12.20°

Ω

340.00°

ω

75.10°

a

4.380 au

MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

9.5 / 6

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

66°

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

  • 93P/Lovas

    93P · 2026-09-13 22:21:22 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Lovas

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-13 22:21:22 UTC → current

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