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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 Dec 19 17h18 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.165 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.408 AU
Right ascension286.30504 °
Declination+37.8295 °
MPC report
COD A77
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.12.20 09:06:56
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 12 19.72080 19 05 13.21 +37 49 46.2          13.9 V      A77
0012P         C2023 12 19.72404 19 05 13.64 +37 49 46.5          13.9 V      A77
0012P         C2023 12 19.72775 19 05 14.21 +37 49 45.3          14.0 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
SensorCCD
Binning1x1
Exposure details16x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresastrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Dec 20 10h11m30s
Observation modification date2023 Dec 20 10h17m02s

(Record n° 27991)

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