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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 Oct 15 06h38 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.310 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.377 AU
Right ascension29.42408 °
Declination-30.254 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON Jean-Gabriel Bosch [JGBosch@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/5 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.10.15 11:26:47
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 10 15.27659 01 57 41.78 -30 15 14.4          14.4 N      W96
0046P         C2018 10 15.30640 01 57 41.81 -30 15 39.8          14.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40x1mn
Air mass1.2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Oct 15 16h28m58s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 15 19h25m47s

(Record n° 19880)

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