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353P/McNaught MPEC 2026-RM1

353P/McNaught MPEC 2026-RM1

CometClass Dcatalogued
Southern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

03h 17m 50s

J2000

Declination

−25° 36′ 12″

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 9h ago.

Perihelion

2026-07-01

2.212 au

Peak window

2026-07-01

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

Historic peak

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

9h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:36 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

2.212 au

e

0.4695

i

28.41°

Ω

121.46°

ω

230.53°

a

4.170 au

MOID

H

15.4

H0 / n

15.4 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

122°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • 353P/McNaught MPEC 2026-RM1

    353P/McNaught MPEC 2026-RM1 · 2026-09-16 13:20:36 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • McNaught MPEC 2026

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:36 UTC → current

  • McNaught MPEC 2026-RM1

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:36 UTC → current

  • RM1

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-16 13:20:36 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.