Alex/Owen,

I think it is fairly certain that it is a Kreutz. The orbit orientation
matches and the residuals using NEOCP astrometry are not much degraded
if you force the last perihelion to be in 1106. There are some problems
fitting the pre-discovery astrometry so I suppose that there is still
some doubt.

Alan Maury's setup in Chile is very impressive. In 2019 I met him at his
observatory which is just outside San Pedro de Atacama. The skies there
were about as good as you can get.

I'll make some observability predictions when we have a bit more data
but all Kreutz comets favour the southern hemisphere.

Nick.

On 18/01/2026 12:23, Alex Pratt - alexander.pratt at btinternet.com (via
baa-comet list) wrote:
>
> Yes, early days...
>
> Alex.
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: owenb1367@gmail.com
> To: baa-comet@simplelists.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 18th 2026, 11:58
> Subject: RE: [BAA Comets] Interesting comet discovered by amateurs on
> January 13th 2026
>
> I think from what I am seeing that its orbit is still poorly constrained
> and until we have more and better astrometric observations its period in
> particular is not well known so lets wait and see.
>
> From: baa-comet@simplelists.com <baa-comet@simplelists.com>
> Sent: 18 January 2026 11:54
> To: baa-comet@simplelists.com
> Subject: [BAA Comets] Interesting comet discovered by amateurs on
> January 13th 2026
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> Posted to Planoccult (occultations forum)...
>
> Alex.
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: flo@signoret.org <mailto:flo@signoret.org>
> To: planoccult@ls.vvs.be <mailto:planoccult@ls.vvs.be>
> Sent: Sunday, January 18th 2026, 09:11
> Subject: [Planoccult] Interesting comet discovered by amateurs on
> January 13th 2026
>
> Hello all,
> Apologies for sharing something not directly related to occultation
> work, but I thought it might still be of interest to this community
> since the discovery was made by amateurs.
> My team (MAPS) operates a near-Earth asteroid survey from Chile, with
> operations based in both Chile and France.
> This is not our first comet discovery, but this one is special: its
> orbit places it in the Kreutz group of sungrazers.
> It was discovered very early in its orbit and is expected to reach
> perihelion in April.
> It might become very bright, although there is no guarantee.
> For those interested, here is a blog post describing the discovery:
> English:
> https://www.spaceobs.com/en/Alain-Maury-s-Blog/The-discovery-of-new-comet-6AC4721
> <https://www.spaceobs.com/en/Alain-Maury-s-Blog/The-discovery-of-new-comet-6AC4721>
>
> French: https://www.spaceobs.com/fr/Blog-de-Alain-Maury/Comete-MAPS
> <https://www.spaceobs.com/fr/Blog-de-Alain-Maury/Comete-MAPS>
> Clear skies and many positive occultations in 2026,
> Florian Signoret
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