15P/Finlay (Record n° 13282)
Perihelion distance : 1 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 7 °
Orbital period : 6.58 years
Eccentricity : 0.72
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jan 19 00h46 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 12.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 6.9 " r (dist/Sun) 1.032 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.395 AU Right ascension 346.58546 ° Declination -4.13092 ° 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 2015.01.19
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0015P C2015 01 19.03188 23 06 20.51 -04 07 51.3 12.6 N W96
0015P C2015 01 19.03618 23 06 21.60 -04 07 42.1 12.8 N W96
0015P C2015 01 19.04425 23 06 23.76 -04 07 24.7 13.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter RGB Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Moon elongation 68 ° Air mass 3.65 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2015 Jan 19 04h07m19s