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A/2010 OE101

A/2010 OE101 (WISE)

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 1785 days ago at mag 24.8. Historic peak was mag 17.5. Typical backyard telescopes will not show it. HST, JWST, or an 8–10 m class telescope might recover it with a good ephemeris.

Active comet in COBS

Right ascension

J2000

Declination

J2000

Estimated magnitude

24.8

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

3

Arc unknown

Last observation

1786d ago

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:57:35 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2021-10-04

1.350 au

Peak window

2021-09-30 → 2021-10-07

COBS peak mag 17.5 on 2021-10-03 · perihelion 2021-10-04. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

17.5

COBS / analyzed peak 2021-10-03

Catalog ingest

11h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:19 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

1.350 au

e

0.5700

i

18.40°

Ω

194.00°

ω

175.00°

a

MOID

H

H0 / n

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

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    Comet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).

Name history

  • A/2010 OE101 (WISE)

    Informal: WISE

    A/2010 OE101 · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • WISE

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Contributors

Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.