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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Sep 03 21h04 UT by Joel Nicolas

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Afrho186 cm
Afrho error2 cm
r (dist/Sun) 3.416 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.270 AU
Right ascension17 23 15.88 h m s
Declination+51 40 37.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.09.04 11:48:21
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P        KC2023 09 03.87751 17 23 15.88 +51 40 37.9          15.7 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 09 03.88920 17 23 15.53 +51 40 30.7          15.8 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 09 03.89943 17 23 15.18 +51 40 24.4          15.7 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 09 03.91113 17 23 14.74 +51 40 17.5          15.7 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)R Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Observation submission date2023 Sep 04 09h50m17s
Observation modification date2023 Sep 04 15h06m34s

(Record n° 27508)

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