260P/McNaught (Record n° 8576)
Perihelion distance : 1.42 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 15 °
Orbital period : 6.9 years
Eccentricity : 0.61
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Jan 21 22h51 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.011 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.472 AU Right ascension 41.44379 ° Declination +38.67175 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, J. Laborde
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.02.08 02:35:30
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0260P KC2013 01 21.95223 02 45 46.51 +38 40 18.3 17.6 N 958
0260P KC2013 01 21.96232 02 45 47.74 +38 40 15.6 17.5 N 958
0260P KC2013 01 21.97442 02 45 49.25 +38 40 15.7 17.7 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 Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Feb 15 03h24m56s