260P/McNaught (Record n° 7986)
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 29 21h58 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 r (dist/Sun) 1.578 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.635 AU Right ascension 24.67438 ° Declination +41.85897 ° 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 03:36:03
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P KC2012 10 29.91517 01 38 41.85 +41 51 32.3 14.3 N 958
0260P KC2012 10 29.92846 01 38 41.15 +41 51 38.5 14.4 N 958
0260P KC2012 10 29.94169 01 38 40.46 +41 51 44.8 14.5 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 03h51m41s