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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Oct 19 07h25 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.2
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.281 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.351 AU
Right ascension01 58 14.71 h m s
Declination-31 11 53.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.10.19 12:34:50
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 10 19.30877 01 58 14.71 -31 11 53.4          14.2 N      W96
0046P         C2018 10 19.32371 01 58 14.72 -31 12 04.1          14.2 N      W96
0046P         C2018 10 19.33791 01 58 14.75 -31 12 14.2          14.2 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Oct 19 12h38m35s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 19 22h09m01s

(Record n° 19906)

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