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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 27 17h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.063 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.317 AU
Right ascension291.28771 °
Declination+37.73831 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2023.12.27 21:29:19
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 12 27.71914 19 25 09.05 +37 44 17.9          13.5 R      L27
0012P         C2023 12 27.75261 19 25 14.28 +37 44 18.1          13.5 R      L27
0012P         C2023 12 27.78958 19 25 20.06 +37 44 17.0          13.5 R      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresAstrometrica
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.49 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Dec 27 21h31m10s
Observation modification date2023 Dec 27 21h48m44s

(Record n° 28014)

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