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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 13 06h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.831 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.036 AU
Right ascension01 11 35.85 h m s
Declination-15 08 55.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.08.13 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P        KC2018 08 13.28501 01 11 35.85 -15 08 55.2          17.3 N      W96
0046P        KC2018 08 13.30643 01 11 37.31 -15 09 04.8          17.4 N      W96
0046P        KC2018 08 13.32858 01 11 38.84 -15 09 14.7          17.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 13 10h43m57s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 13 11h08m52s

(Record n° 19475)

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