12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27764)
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 04 19h06 UT by Joel NicolasMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " Afrho 588 cm Afrho error 8 cm r (dist/Sun) 3.073 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.086 AU Right ascension 260.34717 ° Declination +46.19431 ° 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 2023.10.24 11:31:35
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P KC2023 10 04.79552 17 21 23.32 +46 11 39.5 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 04.80429 17 21 23.45 +46 11 33.6 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 04.81306 17 21 23.69 +46 11 28.1 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 04.82037 17 21 23.83 +46 11 23.1 15.6 R A77
0012P KC2023 10 04.82914 17 21 24.06 +46 11 17.9 15.6 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 -18 °C Binning 1x1 Observatory MPC code A77 Location 04 Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares Astrometrica Observation submission date 2023 Oct 24 09h33m34s Observation modification date 2023 Oct 25 14h28m44s