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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 14 02h59 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.3
Aperture radius for m10.56 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.125 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.204 AU
Right ascension31.32367 °
Declination-31.85444 °
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 W96 NEOCP 2018.11.14
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 14.12474 02 05 17.68 -31 51 16.0          13.2 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 14.14958 02 05 18.30 -31 50 51.2          13.3 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 14.17127 02 05 19.13 -31 50 25.6          11.3 T      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
FilterNone
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 14 05h23m42s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 15 14h05m19s

(Record n° 19979)

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