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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 31 00h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 1.448 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.097 AU
Right ascension66.99663 °
Declination+33.93528 °
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 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.31 08:15:17
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0260P        KC2026 08 31.02252 04 27 59.19 +33 56 07.0          15.0 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 31.03700 04 28 01.63 +33 56 25.1          14.9 r      L27
0260P        KC2026 08 31.05288 04 28 04.30 +33 56 44.9          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-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 31 06h35m38s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 04 21h25m18s

(Record n° 31808)

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