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46P/Wirtanen

Perihelion distance : 1.06 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 12 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.66

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Oct 30 05h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m211.3 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.750 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.517 AU
Right ascension188.72192 °
Declination+5.09853 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.10.30 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P        KC2013 10 30.22013 12 34 53.26 +05 05 54.7          17.4 N      C10
0046P        KC2013 10 30.22474 12 34 53.66 +05 05 50.6          17.7 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor size13.8 x 9.2 mm2
Sensor pixels number1530 x 1020
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Seeing3
Moon elongation25 °
Air mass3.16
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2013 Oct 31 16h02m16s

(Record n° 10375)

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