260P/McNaught (Record n° 7035)
Perihelion distance : 1.42 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 15 °
Orbital period : 6.9 years
Eccentricity : 0.61
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Jul 18 02h21 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.615 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.004 AU Right ascension 12.05083 ° Declination -4.48425 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.07.19 13:28:24
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P KC2012 07 18.09766 00 48 12.20 -04 29 03.3 15.6 N 958
0260P KC2012 07 18.11025 00 48 13.55 -04 28 45.6 15.7 N 958
0260P KC2012 07 18.12284 00 48 14.85 -04 28 28.4 15.6 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1575 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Aug 03 02h36m18s