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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 Nov 15 18h26 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Magnitude (MPC m2)9.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m28.4 "
Afrho25218 cm
Afrho error512 cm
r (dist/Sun) 2.584 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.760 AU
Right ascension270.25433 °
Declination+40.00433 °
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 2023.11.16 11:17:34
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 11 15.76809 18 01 01.04 +40 00 15.6           9.7 R      A77
0012P         C2023 11 15.77183 18 01 01.30 +40 00 14.5           9.8 R      A77
0012P         C2023 11 15.77391 18 01 01.50 +40 00 13.1           9.8 R      A77
0012P         C2023 11 15.77598 18 01 01.68 +40 00 12.8           9.8 R      A77
0012P         C2023 11 15.77806 18 01 01.85 +40 00 12.0           9.8 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
FilterR Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-22 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details4*30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Remarks or commentsAfrho= 25218cm 15000km
Observation submission date2023 Nov 16 11h20m35s
Observation modification date2023 Nov 16 16h04m21s

(Record n° 27842)

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