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C/2022 P3 (ZTF) MPC194181

C/2022 P3 (ZTF) MPC194181

CometClass Dcatalogued
Southern hemisphere

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

MPC AllCometEls archive

Right ascension

16h 43m 20s

J2000

Declination

−22° 27′ 48″

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

2022-07-27

2.568 au

Peak window

2022-07-27

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 20:01:03 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

2.568 au

e

0.9904

i

59.51°

Ω

72.22°

ω

0.24°

a

266.556 au

MOID

H

12.0

H0 / n

12.0 / 4

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

80°

Reporting sources

  • MPC AllCometEls

    ok

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

Name history

  • C/2022 P3 (ZTF) MPC194181

    C/2022 P3 (ZTF) MPC194181 · 2026-09-14 18:28:58 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • ZTF

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:58 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.