73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17123)
Orbital period : 5.45 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Feb 10 08h31 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 12.6 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 6.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.091 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.410 AU Right ascension 18 05 12.88 h m s Declination -20 01 21.6 ° ' " MPC report COD W97
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, B. Sandness, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.38-m f/4.6 Newton + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.10 14:35:02
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0073Pbt C2017 02 10.35516 18 05 12.88 -20 01 21.6 12.6 N W97
0073Pbt C2017 02 10.36387 18 05 15.56 -20 01 26.5 12.6 N W97
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 380 mm Instrument focale length 1748 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.6 Filter(s) None Camera ST11000 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Nova Autoguide No Exposure details 2x30s Observatory MPC code W97 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog Gaia DR1
Photometry|Astrometry software ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.09 "/pix Image processing Prism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop) URL for more information or pictures http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K17/K17C79.html Remarks or comments 1st observation of 73Pbt fragment outburst (brighter than 73P) ! c.f. MPEC 2017-C79. Tracking adjusted on 73P movement. Observation submission date 2017 Feb 10 14h54m19s Observation modification date 2017 May 23 23h31m17s