73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 16579)
Perihelion distance : 0.9 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 5.33 years
Eccentricity : 0.71
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Nov 28 05h10 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.5 Aperture radius for m2 7.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.720 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.245 AU Right ascension 201.82963 ° Declination -0.24786 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.11.28 07:37:07
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0073P KC2016 11 28.21522 13 27 19.11 -00 14 52.3 18.0 N A77
0073P KC2016 11 28.22140 13 27 20.07 -00 14 58.2 16.9 N A77
0073P KC2016 11 28.22757 13 27 21.07 -00 15 04.3 17.9 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature 0 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2016 Nov 28 07h48m23s