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63P

63P/Wild

CometClass Ecatalogued
Both hemispheres

Difficult — CCD / large telescope. Around mag 16.3. A large amateur CCD or a professional telescope is required. Historic peak was mag 14.8.

Active comet in COBS

JSONCSV

Right ascension

12h 29m 03s

J2000

Declination

−08° 16′ 29″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

16.3

CCD / citizen telescope · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 66

Observations

241

Arc unknown

Last observation

45d ago

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:45:36 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-07-06

1.970 au

Peak window

2026-07-03 → 2026-07-09

COBS peak mag 14.8 on 2026-07-06 · perihelion 2026-07-06. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

14.8

COBS / analyzed peak 2026-07-06

Catalog ingest

7m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 23:00:05 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

1.970 au

e

0.6510

i

19.60°

Ω

358.00°

ω

169.00°

a

5.650 au

MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

-0.3 / 17.6

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

17°

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

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    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

  • 63P/Wild

    63P · 2026-09-13 22:21:22 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Wild

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

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