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P/1998 W1

P/1998 W1 (Spahr)

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

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

JSONCSV

Right ascension

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J2000

Declination

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J2000

Estimated magnitude

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Unknown · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 56

Observations

69

Arc unknown

Last observation

246d ago

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:19:11 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

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Peak window

1998-12-22

COBS published peak mag 13.4. Perihelion not in the catalog yet.

Historic peak

13.4

COBS / analyzed peak 1998-12-22

Catalog ingest

14h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-06 14:20:18 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

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e

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i

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Ω

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ω

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a

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MOID

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H

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H0 / n

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NEO score

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PHA score

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RMS

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Elongation

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Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

    ok

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

Name history

  • P/1998 W1 (Spahr)

    Informal: Spahr

    P/1998 W1 · 2026-09-14 18:27:54 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Spahr

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:27:54 UTC → current

Contributors

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