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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 21 20h07 UT by Francois Kugel

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.556 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.347 AU
Right ascension263.33896 °
Declination+53.64353 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 14
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.22 06:40:17
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P        KC2023 08 21.83843 17 33 21.35 +53 38 36.7          15.6 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 08 21.85197 17 33 20.54 +53 38 30.2          15.6 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 08 21.86476 17 33 19.77 +53 38 24.0          15.7 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterR Bessel
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Observation submission date2023 Aug 22 04h42m14s

(Record n° 27455)

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