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12P/Pons-Brooks

Orbital period : 71.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Dec 31 17h28 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.5
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
Coma diameter11 '
r (dist/Sun) 2.012 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.271 AU
Right ascension19 35 57.01 h m s
Declination+37 44 39.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 9
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.01.01 05:42:10
NET UCAC4
0012P        KC2023 12 31.72754 19 35 57.01 +37 44 39.9          13.5 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 12 31.73079 19 35 57.55 +37 44 39.9          13.5 V      A77
0012P        KC2023 12 31.73404 19 35 58.09 +37 44 39.9          13.5 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details21x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC4
Image resize factor0.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2024 Jan 01 08h05m47s
Observation modification date2024 Jan 01 15h12m44s

(Record n° 28030)

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