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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 Dec 03 06h58 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)11.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.064 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.112 AU
Right ascension40.27325 °
Declination-16.19375 °
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 2018.12.03 05:36:48
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 03.29039 02 41 05.58 -16 11 37.5          11.9 R      W96
0046P         C2018 12 03.30579 02 41 08.74 -16 09 59.9          11.9 R      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40X30S
Air mass2
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Dec 03 09h45m29s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 03 09h52m04s

(Record n° 20107)

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