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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Oct 15 18h27 UT by Joel Nicolas

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.948 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.012 AU
Right ascension17 27 27.46 h m s
Declination+44 18 27.7 ° ' "
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 17:39:45
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P        KC2023 10 15.76884 17 27 27.46 +44 18 27.7          15.3 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 10 15.77330 17 27 27.57 +44 18 25.6          15.5 R      A77
0012P        KC2023 10 15.77782 17 27 27.67 +44 18 22.6          15.4 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 Oct 24 15h41m53s

(Record n° 27766)

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