C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) (Record n° 7818)
Orbital period : 31482.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Oct 06 02h34 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 15.9 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.548 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.579 AU Right ascension 10 05 31.95 h m s Declination +70 21 38.1 ° ' " MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, J. B. de Vanssay
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.43-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.10.08 22:29:35
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12A020 KC2012 10 06.10729 10 05 31.95 +70 21 38.1 15.9 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 10 06.11768 10 05 32.29 +70 21 48.7 15.8 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 10 06.12732 10 05 32.68 +70 21 57.3 15.9 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 430 mm Instrument focale length 1505 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Oct 18 03h56m17s