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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 Oct 06 19h03 UT by Francois Kugel

Magnitude (MPC m2)12.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.051 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.073 AU
Right ascension260.56242 °
Declination+45.84206 °
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 configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterR Bessel
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-7 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Observation submission date2023 Oct 07 05h47m39s

(Record n° 27708)

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