C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) (Record n° 6973)
Orbital period : 15010.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Jul 18 01h32 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.916 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.103 AU Right ascension 00 50 58.07 h m s Declination +78 26 38.5 ° ' " MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, J. B. de Vanssay
MEA P. A. Mah?
TEL 0.43-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.07.18 17:02:16
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12L020 KC2012 07 18.06383 00 50 58.07 +78 26 38.5 17.6 N 958
CK12L020 KC2012 07 18.07490 00 50 59.24 +78 26 47.1 17.4 N 958
CK12L020 KC2012 07 18.08596 00 51 00.35 +78 26 54.9 17.7 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 430 mm Instrument focale length 1505 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Aug 03 02h24m48s