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240P/NEAT

Perihelion distance : 2.12 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 24 °
Orbital period : 7.59 years
Eccentricity : 0.45

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Jan 21 19h32 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.137 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.548 AU
Right ascension50.94021 °
Declination+21.2295 °
MPC report
COD K97
CON P.Ditz
OBS P.Ditz
MEA P.Ditz
TEL 0.54-m f/3.75 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodK97-PDI #0240P obs2026-01-21 (L_81x30s_bin2) file updated 2026.01.22 09:01:24
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr,pat.ditz@gmx.fr
0240P        KC2026 01 21.81363 03 23 45.65 +21 13 46.2          15.9 V      K97
0240P        KC2026 01 21.82457 03 23 46.03 +21 13 55.4          15.9 V      K97
0240P        KC2026 01 21.83550 03 23 46.41 +21 14 04.4          15.9 V      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT540
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)540 mm
Instrument focale length2025 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.75
FilterL
CameraAtik 460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size10x12.5 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time2370 s
Exposure details79x30s
Air mass1.15
Observatory MPC codeK97
LocationFreconrupt
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.93 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
URL for more information or picturesLa distance séparant 240P de son fragment 240P-B a été mesurée avec Tycho Tracker (86"7)
Observation submission date2026 Jan 23 11h36m16s
Observation modification date2026 Jan 23 11h57m46s

(Record n° 30914)

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