73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17164)
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 16 05h28 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " Right ascension 278.95004 ° Declination -20.73261 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.16 07:33:08
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0073Pbt KC2017 02 16.22753 18 35 48.01 -20 43 57.4 15.6 N A77
0073Pbt KC2017 02 16.22956 18 35 48.60 -20 43 57.3 15.7 N A77
0073Pbt KC2017 02 16.23161 18 35 49.32 -20 43 58.8 15.6 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2017 Feb 16 07h36m42s