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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 27 02h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.6
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.077 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.139 AU
Right ascension02 23 28.34 h m s
Declination-24 25 11.2 ° ' "
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 W96 NEOCP 2018.11.27
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 27.10142 02 23 28.34 -24 25 11.2          10.6 T      W96
0046P         C2018 11 27.14817 02 23 33.05 -24 22 26.4          12.5 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 27.19700 02 23 38.47 -24 19 27.9          12.6 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 details100 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 27 08h27m41s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 27 16h48m54s

(Record n° 20074)

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