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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 Mar 03 09h13 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.992 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.383 AU
Right ascension299.11225 °
Declination-20.97994 °
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 Aperture radius for m2 : 6.5"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.03 15:05:10
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0073P         C2017 03 03.38436 19 56 26.94 -20 58 47.8          14.3 N      W97
0073P         C2017 03 03.38926 19 56 28.45 -20 58 46.8          14.2 N      W97
0073P         C2017 03 03.39396 19 56 29.94 -20 58 45.7          14.2 N      W97
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)380 mm
Instrument focale length1748 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.6
FilterNone
CameraST11000
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountNova
AutoguideNo
Exposure details8x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW97
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.09 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsPartly cloudy sky
Observation submission date2017 Mar 03 15h10m37s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 16 20h13m37s

(Record n° 17264)

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