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 12 00h20 UT by Nicolas Biver
(Copyright Nicolas Biver)
| Coma Total magnitude (m1) | 4.8 | Aperture radius for m1 | 34 ' | Magnitude (MPC m2) | 9.2 | Aperture radius for m2 | 39 " | Coma diameter | 66 ' | Coma condensation degree (DC) | 3 | r (dist/Sun) | 1.055 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 0.082 AU | Right ascension | 51.225 ° | Declination | +5.81667 ° | Instrumental configuration | Config2 | Instrument | Sony alpha 7s + 135mm F/D 2.5 sur monture minitrack | Instrument type | Camera lens | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 54 mm | Instrument focale length | 135 mm | Filter | None | Camera | sony alpha 7s | Sensor | DC | Sensor size | 36x24 mm2 | Sensor pixels number | 4240x2832 | Binning | 2x2 | Mount | MINITRACK LX2 OMEGON | Motorization | Yes | Autoguide | No | Exposure total time | 200 s | Exposure details | 10x20s | Sky transparency (naked eye max mag) | 6 | Observatory MPC code | J86 | Location | iIRAM-30m Pico Veleta, Espagne | Reference stars catalog (ast) | Tycho-2 | Used softwares | IRIS | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 25.9 "/pix | Image processing | retrait dark (images raw), alignement sur la comète et somme + retrait gradient. visu DDP 5 | Remarks or comments | Crop 8.6x8.6° | Observation submission date | 2018 Dec 28 14h55m53s |
(Record n° 20269)