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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 20 22h10 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.8
Aperture radius used for m10.82 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.060 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.080 AU
Right ascension04 46 31.39 h m s
Declination+37 36 42.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2018.12.21 10:07:57
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 20.92332 04 46 31.39 +37 36 42.2           8.8 T      L27
0046P         C2018 12 20.93749 04 46 40.16 +37 39 24.9          10.9 N      L27
0046P         C2018 12 20.95187 04 46 49.53 +37 42 05.7          11.0 N      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 10s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Dec 21 10h12m25s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 21 18h15m20s

(Record n° 20203)

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