260P/McNaught (Record n° 31778)
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 Aug 22 02h52 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " Magnitude band V r (dist/Sun) 1.431 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.122 AU Right ascension 60.64429 ° Declination +30.73961 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 12
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.22 06:53:12
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0260P KB2026 08 22.11912 04 02 34.63 +30 44 22.6 15.6 V A77
0260P KB2026 08 22.12142 04 02 35.04 +30 44 25.5 15.5 V A77
0260P KB2026 08 22.12372 04 02 35.41 +30 44 29.0 15.6 V 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 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 6x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Aug 22 06h57m36s Observation modification date 2026 Aug 26 10h31m26s