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162P/Siding Spring

Perihelion distance : 1.29 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 28 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.58

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jul 30 09h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.256 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.695 AU
Right ascension78.01863 °
Declination+27.41558 °
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 2015.07.30 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0162P        KC2015 07 30.39822 05 12 04.47 +27 24 56.1          16.7 N      W96
0162P        KC2015 07 30.40943 05 12 06.77 +27 25 11.9          17.0 N      W96
0162P        KC2015 07 30.42217 05 12 09.50 +27 25 29.0          16.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details52 x 40s
Moon elongation146 °
Air mass3.50
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 30 12h31m43s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 30 12h32m17s

(Record n° 14205)

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