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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 24 09h08 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.350 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.796 AU
Right ascension17.51296 °
Declination-1.68919 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON Jean-Gabriel Bosch [JGBosch@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.24 05:50:58
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2017 05 24.38058 01 10 03.11 -01 41 21.1          17.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details45x60s
Air mass1.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.56 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 24 11h53m46s
Observation modification date2021 Jan 07 12h34m33s

(Record n° 17721)

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