P/2025 W3 ( Kresken )

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Updated on January 24, 2026

Profile Discovery Date November 29, 2025 Magnitude 22.1 mag Discoverer Rainer Kresken (Darmstadt, Germany, Near-Earth-Object Coordination Centre of the European Space Agency's Planetary Defence Office)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 Nov. 21.0 TT = JDT 2461000.5 T 2025 Mar. 16.58486 TT Pike q 2.0878602 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24249004 Peri. 311.28227 +0.97098510 -0.18876713 a 2.5468700 Node 60.08111 +0.23637523 +0.85067897 e 0.1802251 Incl. 9.75236 -0.03625863 +0.49062435 P 4.06 From 37 observations 2025 Nov. 26-Dec. 28, mean residual 0".7.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 17.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2026-A24. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.