12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27708)
Orbital period : 71.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Oct 06 19h03 UT by Francois KugelNuclear magnitude (m2) 12.4 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.051 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.073 AU Right ascension 17 22 14.98 h m s Declination +45 50 31.4 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.10.07 05:46:31
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P KC2023 10 06.79392 17 22 14.98 +45 50 31.4 12.4 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 06.80458 17 22 15.25 +45 50 24.5 12.4 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 06.81499 17 22 15.52 +45 50 18.1 12.4 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter(s) R Bessel Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -7 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog APASS
Observation submission date 2023 Oct 07 05h47m39s