12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27165)
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 Jun 17 01h42 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.4 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 4.222 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.899 AU Right ascension 287.33792 ° Declination +52.54944 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.06.17 08:58:27
NET UCAC4
0012P KC2023 06 17.07104 19 09 21.10 +52 32 58.0 17.2 V A77
0012P KC2023 06 17.07834 19 09 20.51 +52 33 02.7 17.9 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 -13 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC4
Observation submission date 2023 Jun 17 06h59m38s