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C/1955 L1 (Mrkos) MPC194078

C/1955 L1 (Mrkos) MPC194078

CometClass Dcatalogued
Southern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

14h 24m 50s

J2000

Declination

−48° 42′ 17″

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 2d ago.

Perihelion

1955-07-02

0.520 au

Peak window

1955-07-02

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

Historic peak

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

2d ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-14 20:00:27 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

0.520 au

e

0.9891

i

87.87°

Ω

49.61°

ω

32.34°

a

47.889 au

MOID

H

0.0

H0 / n

0.0 / 0

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

64°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/1955 L1 (Mrkos) MPC194078

    C/1955 L1 (Mrkos) MPC194078 · 2026-09-14 18:28:10 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Mrkos

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:10 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.