12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 27989)
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 Dec 19 17h20 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 13.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 2.165 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.408 AU Right ascension 286.30571 ° Declination +37.8295 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 15
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.12.20 08:52:19
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0012P KC2023 12 19.72196 19 05 13.37 +37 49 46.2 13.3 V A77
0012P KC2023 12 19.72451 19 05 13.72 +37 49 45.9 13.3 V A77
0012P KC2023 12 19.72682 19 05 14.06 +37 49 45.6 13.3 V 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 None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Binning 1x1 Exposure details 6x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Dec 20 09h59m41s Observation modification date 2023 Dec 20 10h00m23s