260P/McNaught (Record n° 8258)
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 Nov 22 00h47 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.675 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.777 AU Right ascension 22.64138 ° Declination +42.47111 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.11.27 03:18:41
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P KC2012 11 22.03277 01 30 33.93 +42 28 16.0 15.3 N 958
0260P KC2012 11 22.04493 01 30 34.05 +42 28 13.7 15.2 N 958
0260P KC2012 11 22.05711 01 30 34.20 +42 28 11.3 15.5 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1890 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera SBIG ST8-XME Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -15 °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 2013 Jan 02 00h03m47s