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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 Nov 02 06h45 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
Coma diameter13 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.189 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.269 AU
Right ascension30.02858 °
Declination-33.08372 °
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 2018.11.02 07:21:51
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 02.28123 02 00 06.86 -33 05 01.4          13.7 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 02.30950 02 00 06.97 -33 05 01.7          13.7 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
Binning2x2
MountVMA200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details38x1mn
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 02 15h56m23s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 02 17h09m38s

(Record n° 19951)

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