260P/McNaught
- Capture date
- 2012-12-02
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0260P C2012 12 01.89462 01 34 38.80 +41 52 16.8 15.8 Nw81607J01
- Distance to the Sun
- 1.725502 AU (258,131,484 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 0.865122 AU (129,420,381 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 15.5 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 260p-20121202-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 741 × 590
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