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C1LT2DP

C1LT2DP

Possible cometClass Dwatch
Southern hemisphere

Not visible to typical instruments. Current estimate mag 20.6. Visual and most CCD amateur setups will not see it. Space telescopes or large ground telescopes are the remaining path.

Possible comet on the MPC PCCP

Right ascension

16h 46m 19s

J2000

Declination

−18° 49′ 08″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

20.6

Professional survey · MPC PCCP

Confidence

47

Class D · priority 66

Observations

4

0.51 d arc

Last observation

5d ago

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:15:00 GMT · MPC PCCP

Perihelion

Peak window

Unknown

No COBS peak date or perihelion yet. A computed window from H0, n, and q comes when elements are complete.

Historic peak

No peak date yet

Catalog ingest

28m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 21:00:04 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

e

i

Ω

ω

a

MOID

0.200 au

H

15.4

H0 / n

NEO score

79

PHA score

23

RMS

0.27

Elongation

79°

Reporting sources

  • JPL Scout / NEOCP

    ok

    Near-real-time orbits, ephemerides and scores for objects on the MPC NEO Confirmation Page.

  • MPC Possible Comet Confirmation

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    PCCP text dump of unconfirmed objects showing cometary activity. HTTPS mirror of the classic MPC file.

Name history

  • C1LT2DP

    C1LT2DP · 2026-09-12 01:44:41 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • No discoverer parsed from the published name yet.

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.