162P/Siding Spring (Record n° 1945)
Perihelion distance : 1.29 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 28 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.58
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2011 Feb 10 02h27 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.259 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.459 AU Right ascension 185.89763 ° Declination +29.52864 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.32-m f/6 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.02.12 18:00:00
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0162P KC2011 02 10.10192 12 23 35.43 +29 31 43.1 18.2 N 958
0162P KC2011 02 10.11285 12 23 34.83 +29 31 47.1 18.8 N 958
0162P KC2011 02 10.12426 12 23 34.32 +29 31 52.2 18.4 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 320 mm Instrument focale length 1920 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.21 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2011 Feb 13 04h09m17s