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399P/PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50

399P/PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50

CometClass Dcatalogued
Both hemispheres

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

17h 43m 40s

J2000

Declination

−10° 19′ 45″

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 10h ago.

Perihelion

2028-10-13

2.098 au

Peak window

2028-10-13

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

Historic peak

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

10h 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

2.098 au

e

0.4470

i

13.31°

Ω

207.09°

ω

214.49°

a

3.794 au

MOID

H

14.0

H0 / n

14.0 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

92°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • 399P/PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50

    399P/PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50 · 2026-09-14 18:29:10 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • L50

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-15 13:20:33 UTC → current

  • PANSTARRS MPEC 2026

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-15 13:20:33 UTC → current

  • PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-15 13:20:33 UTC → current

  • PANSTARRS MPEC 2026-L50

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:29:10 UTC → 2026-09-15 13:20:33 UTC

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.