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C/1986 P1-B (Wilson) 116, 46

C/1986 P1-B (Wilson) 116, 46

CometClass Dcatalogued
Northern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

03h 10m 18s

J2000

Declination

+46° 13′ 12″

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

1987-05-10

1.186 au

Peak window

1987-05-10

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 20:00:29 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

1.186 au

e

0.9998

i

147.39°

Ω

112.04°

ω

238.54°

a

5414.219 au

MOID

H

0.0

H0 / n

0.0 / 0

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

111°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/1986 P1-B (Wilson) 116, 46

    C/1986 P1-B (Wilson) 116, 46 · 2026-09-14 18:28:12 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Wilson

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:12 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.