190P/Mueller (0190P)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 24 December 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 2.0 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.4 Period (years): 8.7 Eccentricity (e): 0.52 Inclination (i): 2.2 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 2007 O2 (190P/Mueller) 1998 U2 P/Mueller was discovered by Jean Mueller on plates taken on 21 October 1998 and with K. Rykoski on 22 October with the 1.2-m Oschin Schmidt Telescope in the course of the Palomar Outer Solar System Ecliptic Survey. The comet had a strong condensation and a short, faint tail to the southeast. Prediscovery images from 14 September were found in LONEOS data and the comet is an intrinsically faint periodic object found at a favourable opposition. The comet was recovered by L. Buzzi and F. Luppi, Varese, Italy on 26 July 2007 on CCD images obtained with a 0.60-m reflector. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 31-Jul-24 19.8 0.4 09-Aug-24 19.2 0.4 06-Sep-24 18.2 0.4