12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27314)
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 Jul 27 01h51 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 11.2 Aperture radius for m1 0.4 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 14.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.818 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.515 AU Right ascension 271.99038 ° Declination +55.78408 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.07.27 05:54:24
NET APASS
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0012P KC2023 07 27.07677 18 07 57.69 +55 47 02.7 11.2 T A77
0012P KC2023 07 27.07272 18 07 58.09 +55 47 03.1 14.4 V A77
0012P KC2023 07 27.08083 18 07 57.30 +55 47 02.3 14.4 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 -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 15x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Jul 27 03h57m12s Observation modification date 2023 Jul 27 04h09m00s