62P/Tsuchinshan (Record n° 18255)
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 20 04h07 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 17 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 6.56 " r (dist/Sun) 1.524 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.716 AU Right ascension 117.10092 ° Declination +19.516 ° 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 2017.09.20 07:40:51
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0062P KC2017 09 20.17150 07 48 24.22 +19 30 57.6 17.0 N A77
0062P KC2017 09 20.17479 07 48 24.93 +19 30 56.9 17.0 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 -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2017 Sep 20 08h01m55s