260P/McNaught (Record n° 31285)
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 deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.921 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.323 AU Right ascension 21 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 configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355mm Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 350 mm Instrument focale length 1645 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.7 Filter(s) L Camera CMOS Player One IMX571 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 6252X4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Exposure details 50x90s Observatory MPC code X03 Location Monte Patria Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Apr 07 23h50m35s Observation modification date 2026 Apr 07 23h53m31s