260P/McNaught (Record n° 31677)
Perihelion distance : 1.42 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 15 °
Orbital period : 6.9 years
Eccentricity : 0.61
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Jul 18 02h15 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " r (dist/Sun) 1.432 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.265 AU Right ascension 35.2775 ° Declination +15.71125 ° MPC report COD A77
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MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.07.18 07:52:51
NET APASS
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0260P KB2026 07 18.09399 02 21 06.60 +15 42 40.5 15.0 R A77
0260P KB2026 07 18.09653 02 21 07.01 +15 42 44.8 15.1 R A77
0260P KB2026 07 18.09884 02 21 07.42 +15 42 48.6 15.0 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 None Camera IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 19x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Jul 18 07h54m13s Observation modification date 2026 Jul 18 07h55m00s