12P/Pons-Brooks
- Capture date
- 2023-08-16
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0012P C2023 08 16.01525 17 39 38.71 +54 22 01.1 16.1 NV#0EFuJ01
- Distance to the Sun
- 3.608609 AU (539,840,198 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 3.377542 AU (505,273,026 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 16.0 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 12p-20230816-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1881 × 1229
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