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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 30 04h35 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.427 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.782 AU
Right ascension225.71658 °
Declination-9.32017 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.12.30 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2016 12 30.19120 15 02 51.98 -09 19 12.6          16.2 N      C10
0073P        KC2016 12 30.20545 15 02 54.98 -09 19 27.8          16.2 N      C10
0073P        KC2016 12 30.21987 15 02 57.96 -09 19 43.2          16.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
FilterNone
CameraST8_XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis instruments
AutoguideYes
Exposure details40 x 45s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.62 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Dec 30 08h30m30s
Observation modification date2016 Dec 30 10h50m29s

(Record n° 16935)

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