240P/NEAT (Record n° 30043)
Orbital period : 7.59 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2025 Sep 18 04h18 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 14 Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.2 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.8 " Coma diameter 2.4 ' Tail length 0.02 ° Tail position angle
(PA) 259 ° Afrho 234 cm Afrho error 12 cm r (dist/Sun) 2.243 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.649 AU Right ascension 04 09 10.14 h m s Declination -00 50 31.8 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
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ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.09.18 07:30:36
NET APASS
0240P KC2025 09 18.17921 04 09 10.14 -00 50 31.8 15.3 R A77
0240P KC2025 09 18.18051 04 09 10.69 -00 50 31.8 15.1 R A77
0240P KC2025 09 18.18179 04 09 10.36 -00 50 32.6 15.2 R 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(s) None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 9x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Sep 18 07h39m20s Observation modification date 2025 Sep 18 07h42m45s