351P
351P/Wiegert-PANSTARRS
Not currently visible. Last report 319 days ago at mag 22.2. Historic peak was mag 20.4. Typical backyard telescopes will not show it. HST, JWST, or an 8–10 m class telescope might recover it with a good ephemeris.
Right ascension
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J2000
Declination
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J2000
Estimated magnitude
22.2
Professional survey · COBS consensus
Confidence
33
Class E · priority 60
Observations
14
Arc unknown
Last observation
320d ago
Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:12:00 GMT · COBS consensus
Perihelion
2025-03-25
3.130 au
Peak window
2025-03-22 → 2025-07-18
COBS peak mag 20.4 on 2025-07-15 · perihelion 2025-03-25. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.
Historic peak
20.4
COBS / analyzed peak 2025-07-15
Catalog ingest
11h ago
Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:18 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
3.130 au
e
0.2950
i
12.80°
Ω
283.00°
ω
352.00°
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
okComet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).
Name history
351P/Wiegert-PANSTARRS
351P · 2026-09-14 18:27:59 UTC → current
Discoverers
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:18 UTC → current
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:18 UTC → current
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:18 UTC → current
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:27:59 UTC → 2026-09-16 13:20:18 UTC
Contributors
CCD Observer · PEA · 12 reports · last 320d ago
CCD Observer · PAP04 · 2 reports · last 344d ago
Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.