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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 20 09h33 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
r (dist/Sun) 1.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.779 AU
Right ascension15.04871 °
Declination-2.56819 °
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 2017.05.20 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2017 05 20.39803 01 00 11.69 -02 34 05.5          16.8 N      W96
0073P        KC2017 05 20.41968 01 00 14.94 -02 33 47.6          16.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
SensorCCD
Exposure details20 x 45s
Observatory MPC codeW96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Jun 09 15h19m23s
Observation modification date2017 Jun 09 15h30m44s

(Record n° 17823)

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