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73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 0.94 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 5.4 years
Eccentricity : 0.69

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Feb 11 07h46 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.6
Aperture radius for m10.33 '
Coma diameter1.10 '
Right ascension272.54938 °
Declination-20.16072 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073Pbt       C2017 02 11.32351 18 10 11.85 -20 09 38.6          12.6 T      W96
0073Pbt       C2017 02 11.35439 18 10 21.37 -20 09 54.1          12.6 T      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Feb 11 11h23m11s
Observation modification date2017 May 23 23h33m31s

(Record n° 17127)

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