C/2025 R3 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on May 9, 2026

Profile Discovery Date September 8, 2025 Magnitude 19.8 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 2 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 Nov. 21.0 TT = JDT 2461000.5 T 2026 Apr. 19.89482 TT Pike q 0.4986064 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0006902 Peri. 162.22569 -0.63453529 -0.57741229 +/-0.0000015 Node 38.69249 -0.77051372 +0.52471599 e 1.0003441 Incl. 124.72978 -0.06060996 -0.62551433 From 757 observations 2025 Sept. 7-2026 Apr. 16, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ ,-70] ( - 2026 Feb. 8) m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [-70, ] (2026 Feb. 8 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2026-H88. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.11 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.