P/2012 O3 (McNaught) (Record n° 7550)
Orbital period : 9.78 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Sep 13 22h17 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 18 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.628 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.682 AU Right ascension 21 25 36.75 h m s Declination -14 05 41.5 ° ' " 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 2012.09.20 22:03:09
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
PK12O030 KC2012 09 13.92834 21 25 36.75 -14 05 41.5 18.0 N 958
PK12O030 KC2012 09 13.94020 21 25 36.83 -14 05 23.4 17.9 N 958
PK12O030 KC2012 09 13.95205 21 25 36.76 -14 05 05.3 18.1 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 Sep 23 02h15m04s