12P/Pons-Brooks
- Capture date
- 2023-07-23
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0012P C2023 07 23.03812 18 14 33.16 +55 50 03.5 12.8 NV#0EFjJ01
- Distance to the Sun
- 3.858818 AU (577,271,011 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 3.545693 AU (530,428,169 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 16.5 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 12p-20230723-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1747 × 1253
About this object
- Designation
- 12P
- Orbit class
- Halley-type Comet*
Orbital parameters: Epoch 2460211.5 JD TDB · q = 0.781 au · e = 0.955 · i = 74.2 deg · Ω = 256 deg · ω = 199 deg · T = 2460421.631 JD TDB