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C/1991 C3 (McNaught-Russell) MPC194089

C/1991 C3 (McNaught-Russell) MPC194089

CometClass Dcatalogued
Northern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

22h 56m 06s

J2000

Declination

+32° 20′ 19″

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

1990-10-16

4.714 au

Peak window

1990-10-16

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

4.714 au

e

0.9931

i

113.72°

Ω

161.57°

ω

320.45°

a

685.955 au

MOID

H

10.1

H0 / n

10.1 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

144°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/1991 C3 (McNaught-Russell) MPC194089

    C/1991 C3 (McNaught-Russell) MPC194089 · 2026-09-14 18:28:14 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • McNaught-Russell

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