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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-01-24 01:27:56

The new #Kreutz #comet is now C/2026 A1 (MAPS): cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/ and #perihelion is highly uncertain but there is hope as facebook.com/groups/2270023586 and groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/11 explain. And if MAPS makes it to perihelion and is (very) bright then coronagraphs on the ground might be able to catch it against the inner corona as the following table - calculated with ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app. - shows.