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C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

Orbital period : 2029.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Apr 21 09h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)10.73
Aperture radius used for m10.46 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.5
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.780 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.804 AU
Right ascension21 14 51.23 h m s
Declination-08 27 54.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.04.21 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
    CK12X010  C2014 04 21.37895 21 14 51.23 -08 27 54.2          12.5 N      W96
    CK12X010  C2014 04 21.38584 21 14 51.98 -08 27 59.2          12.4 N      W96
    CK12X010  C2014 04 21.39348 21 14 52.78 -08 28 05.0          12.5 N      W96
    CK12X010  C2014 04 21.40275 21 14 53.83 -08 28 12.0          12.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)I Bessel
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details32 x 60s
Moon elongation29 °
Air mass1.34
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Apr 21 17h27m52s
Observation modification date2014 Apr 21 18h26m33s

(Record n° 11651)

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