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C/2005 O2 (Christensen) MPC194109

C/2005 O2 (Christensen) MPC194109

CometClass Dcatalogued
Both hemispheres

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

15h 03m 38s

J2000

Declination

+10° 40′ 43″

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

2005-09-08

3.365 au

Peak window

2005-09-08

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 20:00:43 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

3.365 au

e

0.8554

i

149.03°

Ω

281.07°

ω

264.29°

a

23.274 au

MOID

H

9.5

H0 / n

9.5 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

53°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/2005 O2 (Christensen) MPC194109

    C/2005 O2 (Christensen) MPC194109 · 2026-09-14 18:28:32 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Christensen

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:32 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.