C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) (Record n° 6596)
Orbital period : 31482.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 May 02 21h20 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.921 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.957 AU Right ascension 09 21 15.26 h m s Declination +65 17 33.5 ° ' " MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.05.13 01:36:15
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12A020 KC2012 05 02.88909 09 21 15.26 +65 17 33.5 16.8 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 05 02.89998 09 21 14.27 +65 17 29.8 16.9 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 660 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Camera Audine 400 Sensor CCD Sensor size 6.9x4.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 768x512 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 May 23 02h26m01s