C/2025 L2 ( MAPS )

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Updated on April 29, 2026

Profile Discovery Date June 2, 2025 Magnitude 18.7 mag Discoverer Jean Marc Mari (Biot, France) and Florian Signoret (Valbonne, France) (MAPS project) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 Nov. 21.0 TT = JDT 2461000.5 T 2025 Dec. 20.66194 TT Pike q 2.8336606 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0020108 Peri. 232.64209 +0.46245971 -0.53633669 +/-0.0000018 Node 134.98566 -0.04742348 +0.78019207 e 0.9943022 Incl. 86.58379 -0.88537113 -0.32193678 From 373 observations 2025 June 2-2026 Apr. 25, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 11.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2026-H170. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.