12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27671)
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 Oct 01 18h44 UT by Joel NicolasMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " Afrho 586 cm Afrho error 7 cm r (dist/Sun) 3.107 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.105 AU Right ascension 260.07458 ° Declination +46.73081 ° 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 2023.10.02 14:33:11
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P KC2023 10 01.78029 17 20 17.90 +46 43 50.9 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 01.78759 17 20 17.99 +46 43 45.8 15.8 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 01.79635 17 20 18.15 +46 43 40.8 15.7 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 01.80366 17 20 18.28 +46 43 35.9 15.7 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 01.81242 17 20 18.54 +46 43 29.8 15.8 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 410 mm Instrument focale length 1353 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Filter R Bessel Camera ST8XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Observatory MPC code A77 Location 04 Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares Astrometrica Observation submission date 2023 Oct 02 12h34m49s Observation modification date 2023 Oct 02 12h53m12s