162P/Siding Spring (Record n° 15291)
Perihelion distance : 1.29 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 28 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.58
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Mar 12 23h22 UT by Luc ArnoldMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.25 " r (dist/Sun) 2.691 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.960 AU Right ascension 148.92871 ° Declination +51.15614 ° MPC report COD K25
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr]
OBS L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.20-m f/5.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM CCD SBIG ST10XME
COM Filter clear CLR Astrodon, photometry aperture radius 6.25 arcsec
COM images at URL http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.13 01:41:12
AC2 luc.arnold@osupytheas.fr
NET URAT-1
0162P KC2016 03 12.97367 09 55 42.89 +51 09 22.1 18.6 N K25
0162P KC2016 03 12.98432 09 55 42.16 +51 09 15.5 18.5 N K25
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument T205 Newton Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 1100 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.5 Filter Clear Camera SBIG ST10XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 1x1 Autoguide Yes Observatory MPC code K25 Reference stars catalog (ast) URAT-1
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA URL for more information or pictures http://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html Observation submission date 2016 Mar 13 03h04m09s