12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27323)
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 30 02h09 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 11 Aperture radius for m1 0.4 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.1 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.787 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.493 AU Right ascension 270.79258 ° Declination +55.69119 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 9
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.07.30 05:56:17
NET APASS
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0012P KC2023 07 30.08928 18 03 10.22 +55 41 28.3 15.0 V A77
0012P KC2023 07 30.09779 18 03 09.35 +55 41 25.7 15.1 V A77
0012P KC2023 07 30.09333 18 03 09.82 +55 41 27.4 11.0 T 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 -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 16x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Jul 30 04h00m34s Observation modification date 2023 Jul 30 04h03m03s