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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 12 03h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.4
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.3
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.134 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.215 AU
Right ascension02 03 55.45 h m s
Declination-32 19 29.4 ° ' "
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 W96 NEOCP 2018.11.11 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 12.13502 02 03 55.45 -32 19 29.4          13.3 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 12.15616 02 03 56.08 -32 19 10.0          11.4 T      W96
0046P         C2018 11 12.17771 02 03 56.25 -32 18 56.9          13.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 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 Nov 12 09h35m08s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 12 09h49m15s

(Record n° 19972)

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