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D/1895 Q1

D/1895 Q1 (Swift)

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

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

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Right ascension

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J2000

Declination

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J2000

Estimated magnitude

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Unknown · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 56

Observations

0

Arc unknown

Last observation

Not in feed

COBS consensus does not publish an observer timestamp. Catalog ingested 2d ago.

Perihelion

2025-09-05

1.390 au

Peak window

2025-09-02 → 2025-09-08

COBS peak on 2025-09-05 · perihelion 2025-09-05. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

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COBS / analyzed peak 2025-09-05

Catalog ingest

2d ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-14 20:00:21 UTC

Light curve

Light curve is queued. The background analyzer fetches the full COBS history for this object (one comet at a time). Refresh after a minute, or wait for the queue.

Orbital elements

q

1.390 au

e

0.6270

i

13.50°

Ω

136.00°

ω

199.00°

a

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MOID

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H

—

H0 / n

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NEO score

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PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

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Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

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    Comet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).

Name history

  • D/1895 Q1 (Swift)

    Informal: Swift

    D/1895 Q1 · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Swift

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Contributors

  • No recent COBS visual or CCD reports linked yet.

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