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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 30 17h18 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.025 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.283 AU
Right ascension293.29592 °
Declination+37.73986 °
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 2023.12.30 20:56:59
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0012P         C2023 12 30.72087 19 33 11.02 +37 44 23.5          13.3 R      L27
0012P         C2023 12 30.75816 19 33 17.13 +37 44 23.5          13.4 R      L27
0012P         C2023 12 30.81390 19 33 26.30 +37 44 23.9          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 30 20h59m04s
Observation modification date2023 Dec 30 21h10m43s

(Record n° 28020)

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