73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 16889)
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 Dec 27 05h06 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.6 Aperture radius for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 1.454 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.821 AU Right ascension 223.16963 ° Declination -8.43686 ° 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 2016.12.27 07:10:14
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0073P KC2016 12 27.21231 14 52 40.71 -08 26 12.7 17.1 N A77
0073P KC2016 12 27.21772 14 52 41.69 -08 26 17.1 15.6 N A77
0073P KC2016 12 27.22312 14 52 42.70 -08 26 23.4 16.5 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 -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2016 Dec 27 07h12m50s