Orbital Motion and History of Sungrazing Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)

arXiv:2607.25939 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-07-28 · Read on arXiv

Zdenek Sekanina, Malgorzata Krolikowska

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-07-28

Comments: 12 pages, 2 figures, 7 tables

Project page: https://cobs.si/analysis

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Minor Planet Center — 1× in this paper

Sources

• New Model for the Kreutz Sungrazer System: Contact-Binary Parent and Upgraded Classification of Discrete Fragment Populations
• Bright Sungrazing Comets in a Great Historical Controversy and Prospects for Their Appearance in the Near Future
• New Kreutz Sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS): Third Time's the Charm?
• The Great Comet of 1106, a Chinese Comet of 1138, and Daylight Comets in late 363 As Key Objects in Computer Simulated History of Kreutz Sungrazer System

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