260P/McNaught (Record n° 7960)
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 Oct 22 22h07 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14 r (dist/Sun) 1.556 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.611 AU Right ascension 26.17338 ° Declination +40.65922 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.11.02 00:08:13
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P KC2012 10 22.92142 01 44 41.61 +40 39 33.2 14.0 N 958
0260P KC2012 10 22.93460 01 44 40.80 +40 39 43.4 14.0 N 958
0260P KC2012 10 22.94770 01 44 40.03 +40 39 53.9 14.0 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1890 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 Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Nov 21 03h49m16s