C/2012 L3 (LINEAR) (Record n° 7240)
Orbital period : 4967.00 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Aug 16 20h23 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 18.5 m2 standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.110 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.654 AU Right ascension 17 21 58.66 h m s Declination +20 52 26.8 ° ' " 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 2012.08.20 02:56:49
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
CK12L030 KC2012 08 16.84936 17 21 58.66 +20 52 26.8 18.2 N 958
CK12L030 KC2012 08 16.86256 17 21 57.36 +20 52 11.7 18.5 N 958
CK12L030 KC2012 08 16.87575 17 21 56.20 +20 51 51.0 18.7 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 Aug 22 00h49m19s