Dan Green has issued CBET 5753 for this comet but, more than two weeks
after discovery, there is still no formal designation:

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005700/CBET005753.txt

Nick.

On 23/09/2026 07:40, Nick James wrote:
> Thanks for submitting your observations of this cometary object. It
> appears to be brightening smoothly in a 9 arcsec aperture and so it is
> probably not in outburst.
>
> Nine days after discovery it has still not received a formal designation
> from the MPC. Please submit images with the object name "C46K1R1" and I
> will rename them and put them in the archive when a designation is
> received.
>
> The latest astrometry shows that it is in a short period orbit (P=21.7
> years) with a perihelion on Oct 25.2 at q=0.78 au. It now has a very
> rapid apparent motion so please keep exposures short to avoid trailing
> the comet.
>
> https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20260923_063154_f50012dc8a2e931d
>
>
> Nick.
>
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