About C/418 M1
C/418 M1 is an uncommon comet.
Orbits against the grain — retrograde to almost everything else.
Uncommon comet 24 EP
C/418 M1
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 3 badgesUncommon 33 pts → Rare
- Retrograde orbit +18
- Comet +6
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 24
9 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Comet · +6
- Retrograde orbit · +18
- Catalogue designation only
Trivia
What makes it special
- Backwards orbit. Orbits against the grain — retrograde to almost everything else.
How we found it
- Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.
Cosmic context
- Wild orbit. Its highly elliptical path swings between scorching and frozen each lap.
- Tail. Its tail always points away from the Sun, never trailing behind its motion.
Properties
- eccentricity
- 1
- inclination
- 110
- name
- C/418 M1
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- PAR
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, C/418 M1 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why C/418 M1 is an uncommon comet
C/418 M1 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Comet, Retrograde orbit and Catalogue designation only — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.