12P/Pons-Brooks (Record n° 28004)
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 24 18h01 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 13.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.102 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.351 AU Right ascension 289.3775 ° Declination +37.75542 ° MPC report COD A77
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.12.24 19:43:10
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P C2023 12 24.75038 19 17 30.60 +37 45 19.5 13.4 V A77
0012P C2023 12 24.75282 19 17 30.96 +37 45 19.0 13.3 V A77
0012P C2023 12 24.75542 19 17 31.36 +37 45 18.5 13.4 V A77
0012P C2023 12 24.75802 19 17 31.69 +37 45 19.4 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 2x2 Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Observation submission date 2023 Dec 24 20h46m55s