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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 28 03h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.3
Aperture radius for m10.56 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)14
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.220 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.297 AU
Right ascension29.82313 °
Declination-32.70203 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. 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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.10.28 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 10 28.15463 01 59 17.55 -32 42 07.3          14.0 R      W96
0046P         C2018 10 28.17681 01 59 17.52 -32 42 13.0          12.3 T      W96
0046P         C2018 10 28.20887 01 59 17.27 -32 42 29.2          13.9 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
FilterR (RGB)
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Oct 28 06h18m57s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 28 16h01m26s

(Record n° 19944)

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