C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) (Record n° 6679)
Orbital period : 31482.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 May 24 23h15 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 16.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.841 AU d (dist/Earth) 4.169 AU Right ascension 08 58 59.92 h m s Declination +63 33 13.4 ° ' " MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.05.26 22:32:30
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12A020 KC2012 05 24.96857 08 58 59.92 +63 33 13.4 16.9 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 05 24.98118 08 58 59.31 +63 33 07.8 16.8 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 05 24.99348 08 58 58.43 +63 33 04.4 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 Jun 13 00h53m41s