2026-03-30 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-29)

☄️C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
- Barycentric speed: 72.81 km/s (+4.05 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 5 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 6 days
- Brightness (Mag): 8.03 (-0.75)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Suburban sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 167,398,620.04 km (-1,623,011.61 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.12 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 9 min 18.40 s (-5.41 s)

#C2026A1 #Maps #Comet #Space

C/2026 A1 (MAPS) perihelion in 6 days — Apr 4, 14:24 UTC. Closest approach 160,000 km from the solar surface.

On Feb 18 a four-AI locked 16 falsifiable predictions: fragmentation odds, peak magnitude, tail length, ion disconnections,

Machine-verifiable. Science log running hourly since corona ingress

Public scoring: May 15.If we are wrong, we say so.

🔭 heliodata.ai
📊 heliodata.ai/may-scorecard
💙 github.com/heliodata-ai/maps-dashboard

#spaceweather #comet #Kreutz #astronomy #openscience

2026-03-29 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-28)

☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 31.90 km/s (-0.01 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 194 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.82 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 295,015,127.15 km (-205,626.56 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.97 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 24.09 s (-0.69 s)

#88P #Howell #Comet #Space

2026-03-29 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-28)

☄️C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
- Barycentric speed: 49.86 km/s (+0.55 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 21 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 28 days
- Brightness (Mag): 11.43 (-0.15)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Dark sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 200,486,399.79 km (-4,650,256.66 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.34 (-0.03)
- Light travel time: 11 min 8.77 s (-15.51 s)

#C2025R3 #PanSTARRS #Comet #Space

2026-03-29 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-28)

☄️C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
- Barycentric speed: 68.76 km/s (+3.28 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 6 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 7 days
- Brightness (Mag): 8.78 (-0.64)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Suburban sky

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 169,021,631.65 km (-1,510,524.48 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.13 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 9 min 23.81 s (-5.04 s)

#C2026A1 #Maps #Comet #Space