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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 29 22h32 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.9
Aperture radius used for m13.3 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.9
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m28.4 "
Coma diameter6.6 '
Afrho59 cm
Afrho error2 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.078 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.109 AU
Right ascension06 39 42.39 h m s
Declination+55 38 17.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK A77 NEOCP 2018.12.30 17:05:43
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 29.93906 06 39 42.39 +55 38 17.7          11.9 N      A77
0046P         C2018 12 29.94128 06 39 43.88 +55 38 25.3          11.9 N      A77
0046P         C2018 12 29.94267 06 39 44.89 +55 38 30.3          11.9 N      A77
0046P         C2018 12 29.94406 06 39 45.86 +55 38 35.3          11.9 N      A77
0046P         C2018 12 29.94545 06 39 46.78 +55 38 40.6          11.9 N      A77
0046P         C2018 12 29.94684 06 39 47.81 +55 38 46.0          11.9 N      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)R Bessel
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details25*16s
Air mass1.04
Observatory MPC codeA77
Location04 Dauban
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2018 Dec 30 17h09m03s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 31 16h14m35s

(Record n° 20274)

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