260P/McNaught (Record n° 31969)
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 Oct 13 02h16 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 1.610 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.007 AU Right ascension 91.50343 ° Declination +45.59090 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
260P| | ABC1897| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T02:16:07Z |91.50343 |+45.59090 |0.28 |0.19 |0.33 | Gaia2|15.6 |0.04 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.83 | 875| K|
260P| | ABC1897| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T02:30:54Z |91.50697 |+45.59317 |0.25 |0.17 |0.31 | Gaia2|15.6 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.89 | 875| K|
260P| | ABC1897| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-13T02:46:47Z |91.51073 |+45.59561 |0.26 |0.17 |0.31 | Gaia2|15.6 |0.09 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.87 | 850| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 104x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 13 08h45m50s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 13 08h51m11s