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P22oLCM

P22oLCM

Possible cometClass Bwatch
Southern hemisphere

Not visible to typical instruments. Current estimate mag 21.9. 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

20h 48m 03s

J2000

Declination

−15° 12′ 37″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

21.9

Professional survey · MPC PCCP

Confidence

76

Class B · priority 60

Observations

37

1785.35 d arc

Last observation

11d ago

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:14:00 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

6h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 15:27:13 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

2.000 au

H

16.1

H0 / n

NEO score

0

PHA score

0

RMS

0.77

Elongation

137°

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

  • P22oLCM

    P22oLCM · 2026-09-08 02:09:56 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.