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12P/Pons-Brooks

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 Aug 05 20h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.725 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.450 AU
Right ascension268.2375 °
Declination+55.31689 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2023.08.06 10:25:27
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 08 05.87026 17 52 57.00 +55 19 00.8          16.3 R      L27
0012P         C2023 08 05.89418 17 52 55.02 +55 18 54.5          16.3 R      L27
0012P         C2023 08 05.91588 17 52 53.10 +55 18 48.8          16.2 R      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.49 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Aug 06 08h27m18s
Observation modification date2023 Aug 06 08h45m22s

(Record n° 27344)

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