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260P/McNaught

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 23 02h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 1.432 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.119 AU
Right ascension61.3465 °
Declination+31.10364 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.23 09:16:45
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0260P        KC2026 08 23.09253 04 05 23.16 +31 06 13.1          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 23.09629 04 05 23.81 +31 06 18.2          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 23.10148 04 05 24.71 +31 06 25.2          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 23.10667 04 05 25.58 +31 06 32.3          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 23.11044 04 05 26.23 +31 06 37.3          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 23.11421 04 05 26.88 +31 06 42.4          15.0 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 23 09h29m53s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 26 10h21m53s

(Record n° 31789)

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