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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 27 05h56 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.6
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.072 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.100 AU
Right ascension06 05 40.75 h m s
Declination+52 18 12.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-G. 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 2018.12.27 05:53:04
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 27.24756 06 05 40.75 +52 18 12.8          11.6 R      W96
0046P         C2018 12 27.25294 06 05 44.61 +52 18 43.3          11.6 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 details30x10s
Air mass4
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Dec 27 10h00m43s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 27 10h11m03s

(Record n° 20252)

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