12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27013)
Perihelion distance : 0.78 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 74 °
Orbital period : 71.7 years
Eccentricity : 0.95
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Apr 18 03h27 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.1 Magnitude standard deviation 0.5 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 4.791 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.782 AU Right ascension 293.86454 ° Declination +39.27414 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.04.18 06:18:46
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P KC2023 04 18.14360 19 35 27.49 +39 16 26.9 17.8 V A77
0012P KC2023 04 18.14927 19 35 27.54 +39 16 31.5 17.8 V A77
0012P KC2023 04 18.15495 19 35 27.62 +39 16 35.8 18.8 V A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 7x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Apr 18 06h20m18s Observation modification date 2023 Apr 18 06h26m31s