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C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto)

9/3/2026

C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto)

C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto) is a comet that follows a slightly hyperbolic trajectory. It was visually discovered on 7 November 2018 by Donald Machholz using an 18.5-inch reflecting telescope, and was independently co-discovered by Shigehisa Fujikawa and Masayuki Iwamoto. It reached perihelion on 3 December 2018.

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C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto) is a comet that follows a slightly hyperbolic trajectory. It was visually discovered on 7 November 2018 by Donald Machholz using an 18.5-inch reflecting telescope, and was independently co-discovered by Shigehisa Fujikawa and Masayuki Iwamoto. It reached perihelion on 3 December 2018.

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