12P/Pons-Brooks
- Capture date
- 2023-11-18
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0012P C2023 12 08.75186 18 41 04.67 +38 12 33.9 13.5 NV J01
- Distance to the Sun
- 2.542089 AU (380,291,049 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 2.727658 AU (408,051,863 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 13.3 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 12p-20231118-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 2326 × 1597
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