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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 Mar 12 08h12 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m23.1 "
Right ascension310.73583 °
Declination-20.04019 °
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/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073Pbt       C2017 03 12.34199 20 42 56.60 -20 02 24.7          15.2 N      W96
0073Pbt       C2017 03 12.35380 20 43 00.19 -20 02 18.8          15.1 N      W96
0073Pbt       C2017 03 12.36011 20 43 02.15 -20 02 15.9          15.1 N      W96
0073Pbt       C2017 03 12.37226 20 43 05.83 -20 02 09.5          15.2 N      W96
0073Pbt       C2017 03 12.37747 20 43 07.41 -20 02 06.6          15.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQSI 532
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details50 x 20s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Mar 12 10h30m27s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 12 11h50m37s

(Record n° 17301)

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