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37P/Forbes

Orbital period : 6.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Apr 03 08h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
Coma diameter0.66 '
Tail length0.26 °
Tail position angle (PA)230 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.639 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.664 AU
Right ascension20 24 40.87 h m s
Declination-26 03 18.0 ° ' "
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/5.2 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.04.03 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0037P         C2018 04 03.34934 20 24 40.87 -26 03 18.0          15.6 N      W96
0037P         C2018 04 03.36211 20 24 43.15 -26 03 08.9          15.5 N      W96
0037P         C2018 04 03.37530 20 24 45.51 -26 02 59.7          15.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2080 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.2
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.06 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Apr 03 12h06m00s
Observation modification date2018 Apr 03 12h25m34s

(Record n° 19000)

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