46P/Wirtanen (Record n° 19586)
Perihelion distance : 1.06 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 12 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.66
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2018 Sep 02 02h18 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 13.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.660 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.769 AU Right ascension 23.30421 ° Declination -18.45725 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.06-m f/5.8 refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.02 09:07:37
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0046P KC2018 09 02.09573 01 33 13.01 -18 27 26.1 16.2 V A77
0046P KC2018 09 02.10611 01 33 13.79 -18 27 33.8 16.2 V A77
0046P KC2018 09 02.11652 01 33 14.25 -18 27 42.2 16.3 V A77
Instrumental configuration Config4 Instrument type Refractor Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 60 mm Instrument focale length 348 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.8 Filter Clear 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 2018 Sep 02 09h13m13s