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260P/McNaught

Orbital period : 6.90 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 06 05h44 UT by Pierre Traverse


(Copyright Pierre Traverse)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.921 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.323 AU
Right ascension21 52 51.71 h m s
Declination-23 24 49.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON P. Traverse [pierre.traverse@orange.fr]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA P. Traverse
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.04.07 23:47:24
AC2 pierre.traverse@orange.fr
NET UCAC-4
0260P        KC2026 04 06.23905 21 52 51.71 -23 24 49.5          18.7 V      X03
0260P        KC2026 04 06.25229 21 52 53.68 -23 24 38.4          18.6 V      X03
0260P        KC2026 04 06.26609 21 52 55.74 -23 24 26.9          18.8 V      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355mm
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraCMOS Player One IMX571
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number6252X4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
Exposure details50x90s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationMonte Patria Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Apr 07 23h50m35s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 07 23h53m31s

(Record n° 31285)

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