12P/Pons-Brooks
- Capture date
- 2024-04-01
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0012P C2024 01 20.27899 20 37 32.15 +38 05 33.2 12.1 NV J01
- Distance to the Sun
- 0.863997 AU (129,252,066 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 1.611275 AU (241,043,275 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 5.1 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
Open original-resolution image
- Source filename
- 12p-20240401-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1886 × 1161
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