62P/Tsuchinshan (Record n° 18218)
Perihelion distance : 1.27 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 5 °
Orbital period : 6.19 years
Eccentricity : 0.62
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Sep 13 03h33 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.56 " r (dist/Sun) 1.557 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.783 AU Right ascension 111.17713 ° Declination +19.82911 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.09.13 07:59:42
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0062P KC2017 09 13.14778 07 24 42.51 +19 49 44.8 17.3 N A77
0062P KC2017 09 13.15723 07 24 44.33 +19 49 43.6 17.2 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter L Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Observation submission date 2017 Sep 13 08h10m06s