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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 15 03h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.3
Aperture radius for m10.56 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.121 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.199 AU
Right ascension31.5235 °
Declination-31.56525 °
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 2018.11.15
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 15.12928 02 06 05.64 -31 33 54.9          11.3 T      W96
0046P         C2018 11 15.15282 02 06 06.18 -31 33 32.3          13.2 N      W96
0046P         C2018 11 15.17263 02 06 06.71 -31 33 09.6          13.2 N      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 15 05h40m40s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 15 14h04m33s

(Record n° 19987)

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