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73P-BG

73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

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

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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

0

Arc unknown

Last observation

Not in feed

COBS consensus does not publish an observer timestamp. Catalog ingested 2d ago.

Perihelion

2006-06-08

0.939 au

Peak window

2006-06-05 → 2006-06-11

COBS peak on 2006-06-08 · perihelion 2006-06-08. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

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COBS / analyzed peak 2006-06-08

Catalog ingest

2d ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-14 20:00:20 UTC

Light curve

Light curve is queued. The background analyzer fetches the full COBS history for this object (one comet at a time). Refresh after a minute, or wait for the queue.

Orbital elements

q

0.939 au

e

0.6930

i

11.40°

Ω

69.90°

ω

199.00°

a

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MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

—

NEO score

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PHA score

—

RMS

—

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

  • 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann

    73P-BG · 2026-09-14 18:28:00 UTC → current

Discoverers

Contributors

  • No recent COBS visual or CCD reports linked yet.

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