260P/McNaught
- Capture date
- 2012-09-14
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0260P C2012 09 15.09786 02 02 00.54 +24 39 51.0 14.7 Nw80438J01
- Distance to the Sun
- 1.497286 AU (223,990,745 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 0.612136 AU (91,574,267 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 14.0 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 260p-20120914-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 963 × 756
About this object
- Designation
- 260P
- Orbit class
- Jupiter-family Comet
Orbital parameters: Epoch 2457516.5 JD TDB · q = 1.47 au · e = 0.598 · i = 15.8 deg · Ω = 352 deg · ω = 15.4 deg · T = 2458746.767 JD TDB