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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 16 08h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m23.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.972 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.418 AU
Right ascension315.77071 °
Declination-19.38981 °
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 2017.03.16 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2017 03 16.35879 21 03 04.97 -19 23 23.3          15.4 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 03 16.36677 21 03 07.35 -19 23 18.6          15.4 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 03 16.37475 21 03 09.69 -19 23 13.4          15.4 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 16 11h30m40s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 16 12h16m26s

(Record n° 17330)

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