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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 13 02h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.1
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.055 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.080 AU
Right ascension03 32 37.46 h m s
Declination+09 35 40.9 ° ' "
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 2018.12.13
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 13.10009 03 32 37.46 +09 35 40.9           9.1 T      W96
0046P         C2018 12 13.10454 03 32 38.90 +09 36 35.8          11.0 N      W96
0046P         C2018 12 13.10914 03 32 40.74 +09 37 34.3          11.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)RGB
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details3x(5x10s)
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Dec 13 04h57m44s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 13 09h43m38s

(Record n° 20162)

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