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SWAN26Q

SWAN26Q

Possible cometClass Awatch
Northern hemisphere

Visible to modest telescopes (mag 10.6). Last report 0 days ago.

Possible comet on the MPC PCCP

Right ascension

11h 40m 28s

J2000

Declination

+13° 46′ 48″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

10.6

Small telescope · MPC PCCP

Confidence

97

Class A · priority 88

Observations

84

743.04 d arc

Last observation

4h ago

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:24:00 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

48m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 21:25:45 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

0.040 au

H

10.2

H0 / n

NEO score

100

PHA score

100

RMS

0.64

Elongation

11°

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

    ok

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

Name history

  • SWAN26Q

    SWAN26Q · 2026-09-10 11:30:59 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.