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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 2017 Feb 14 08h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.067 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.396 AU
Right ascension276.50867 °
Declination-20.54439 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.14 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P         C2017 02 14.36202 18 26 02.08 -20 32 39.8          14.5 N      W96
0073P         C2017 02 14.37407 18 26 05.92 -20 32 44.6          14.5 N      W96
0073P         C2017 02 14.38763 18 26 10.13 -20 32 50.0          14.5 N      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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details18 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Feb 14 10h40m19s
Observation modification date2017 Feb 14 11h11m31s

(Record n° 17146)

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