12P/Pons-Brooks
- Capture date
- 2023-07-29
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0012P C2023 07 29.96115 18 03 22.45 +55 41 47.1 15.3 NV#0EFnJ01
- Distance to the Sun
- 3.787310 AU (566,573,583 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 3.492863 AU (522,524,849 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 16.4 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 12p-20230729-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1830 × 1245
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