C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) (Record n° 8059)
Orbital period : 31482.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Oct 29 03h33 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 16.1 m2 standard deviation 0.1 r (dist/Sun) 3.538 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.271 AU Right ascension 10 15 15.83 h m s Declination +78 20 46.7 ° ' " 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 2012.11.03 04:31:58
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12A020 KC2012 10 29.14823 10 15 15.83 +78 20 46.7 16.1 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 10 29.16017 10 15 15.85 +78 21 07.2 15.9 N 958
CK12A020 KC2012 10 29.17212 10 15 16.15 +78 21 22.7 16.2 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 Nov 21 04h03m41s