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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 Jun 01 09h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.421 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.826 AU
Right ascension22.17438 °
Declination-0.04978 °
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 2017.06.01 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2017 06 01.39269 01 28 41.85 -00 02 59.2          17.4 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 06 01.40610 01 28 43.65 -00 02 49.9          17.4 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 06 01.42026 01 28 45.55 -00 02 40.4          17.6 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-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Jun 01 12h20m40s
Observation modification date2017 Jun 01 12h30m08s

(Record n° 17760)

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