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C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

Orbital period : 2029.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Feb 13 04h57 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.5
Aperture radius used for m11.87 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.4
Aperture radius used for m211.25 "
Coma diameter3.75 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.603 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.052 AU
Right ascension18 36 31.38 h m s
Declination+02 59 48.6 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.02.13 06:54:47
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
    CK12X010  C2014 02 13.20623 18 36 31.38 +02 59 48.6          11.4 N      A77
    CK12X010  C2014 02 13.21166 18 36 32.30 +02 59 45.4          11.4 N      A77
    CK12X010  C2014 02 13.21699 18 36 33.18 +02 59 42.0           8.5 T      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)R (RGB)
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size11.8x8.9 mm2
Sensor pixels number1600x1200
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade modified
MotorizationYes
Exposure total time90 s
Exposure details3x30s
Air mass2.27
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Feb 13 07h00m37s
Observation modification date2014 Feb 13 07h13m30s

(Record n° 11112)

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