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46P/Wirtanen

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 21 07h00 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.499 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.566 AU
Right ascension27.16563 °
Declination-23.346 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 m2 : 0.54' 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.21 15:18:21
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 09 21.29189 01 48 39.75 -23 20 45.6          15.6 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 21.31058 01 48 40.33 -23 21 04.9          15.6 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 21.33002 01 48 40.94 -23 21 24.7          15.6 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details52x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Sep 21 15h26m12s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 01 09h11m19s

(Record n° 19767)

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