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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 18 20h41 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.588 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.365 AU
Right ascension264.11008 °
Declination+54.02789 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 51
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.19 09:04:59
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2023 08 18.86191 17 36 26.42 +54 01 40.4          16.2 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 08 18.86637 17 36 26.13 +54 01 38.4          16.2 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 08 18.87042 17 36 25.87 +54 01 36.5          16.1 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details16x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Aug 19 07h06m40s
Observation modification date2023 Aug 19 07h08m56s

(Record n° 27426)

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