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C/2015 X4 (Elenin) MPC194146

C/2015 X4 (Elenin) MPC194146

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 42m 48s

J2000

Declination

−32° 41′ 41″

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 13h ago.

Perihelion

2015-11-07

3.381 au

Peak window

2015-11-07

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

Historic peak

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

13h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:27 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

3.381 au

e

0.8122

i

29.60°

Ω

262.40°

ω

176.40°

a

18.005 au

MOID

H

10.0

H0 / n

10.0 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

56°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/2015 X4 (Elenin) MPC194146

    C/2015 X4 (Elenin) MPC194146 · 2026-09-14 18:28:52 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Elenin

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:52 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.