62P/Tsuchinshan (Record n° 18405)
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 Oct 24 04h19 UT by Francois KugelComa Total magnitude (m1) 13.7 Aperture radius for m1 0.4 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 1.408 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.458 AU Right ascension 146.71488 ° Declination +15.61022 ° 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 2017.10.24 08:05:14
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0062P KC2017 10 24.17991 09 46 51.57 +15 36 36.8 15.7 N A77
0062P KC2017 10 24.18558 09 46 52.66 +15 36 33.4 15.7 N A77
0062P KC2017 10 24.19125 09 46 53.88 +15 36 29.5 13.7 T 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) USNO-SA2.0
Remarks or comments Bad seeing, clouds Observation submission date 2017 Oct 24 08h21m44s