Orbital period : 5.40 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Feb 11 08h18 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)
| Nuclear magnitude (m2) | 12.8 | m2 standard deviation | 0.0 | Aperture radius used for m2 | 6.5 " | r (dist/Sun) | 1.085 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.406 AU | Right ascension | 18 10 18.90 h m s | Declination | -20 09 49.8 ° ' " | 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 COM 73P=original comet (with tail) COM 73Pa=fragment (without tail but still with same motion as 73P) ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.11 14:00:13 AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr NET Gaia DR1 0073Pbt C2017 02 11.34595 18 10 18.90 -20 09 49.8 12.8 N W97 0073Pbt C2017 02 11.36422 18 10 24.53 -20 09 59.3 12.8 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 | 1x1 | Mount | Nova | Autoguide | No | Exposure details | 8x30s | Observatory MPC code | W97 | Location | San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | Reference stars catalog | Gaia DR1 | Used softwares | ASTROMETRICA | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.09 "/pix | Image processing | Prism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop) | Remarks or comments | 73Pbt = fragment outburst (brighter than 73P) ! Tracking adjusted on 73P movement. | Observation submission date | 2017 Feb 11 14h04m27s | Observation modification date | 2017 May 23 23h32m22s |
(Record n° 17129)