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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 May 21 09h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m24 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.324 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.783 AU
Right ascension15.67621 °
Declination-2.34311 °
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 2017.05.21 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2017 05 21.39574 01 02 42.29 -02 20 35.2          17.1 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 05 21.40849 01 02 44.20 -02 20 25.6          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details50 x 45s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 21 16h35m49s
Observation modification date2017 May 21 18h45m29s

(Record n° 17713)

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