P/2012 O3 (McNaught) (Record n° 8078)
Orbital period : 9.78 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Oct 31 18h32 UT by Philippe DupouyNuclear magnitude (m2) 18.8 m2 standard deviation 0.1 r (dist/Sun) 1.797 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.136 AU Right ascension 22 04 56.43 h m s Declination +01 05 01.4 ° ' " 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 17:21:10
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
PK12O030 KC2012 10 31.77233 22 04 56.43 +01 05 01.4 19.0 N 958
PK12O030 KC2012 10 31.78715 22 04 57.61 +01 05 11.9 18.8 N 958
PK12O030 KC2012 10 31.80196 22 04 58.57 +01 05 24.2 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 Nov 21 04h05m24s