170P/Christensen (Record n° 27491)
Orbital period : 8.61 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Aug 31 09h26 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.3 " r (dist/Sun) 3.015 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.675 AU Right ascension 03 49 28.69 h m s Declination +08 45 04.8 ° ' " MPC report COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.31 19:57:50
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0170P KC2023 08 31.39277 03 49 28.69 +08 45 04.8 16.9 G X03
0170P KC2023 08 31.40122 03 49 29.02 +08 45 03.6 17.0 G X03
0170P KC2023 08 31.40889 03 49 29.32 +08 45 03.0 17.1 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 360 mm Instrument focale length 1728 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.8 Filter(s) L Camera Moravian G3 KAF 16200 Sensor CCD Sensor size 27x21.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4500x3600 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 5x2mn Moon phase 0 ° Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia DR2
Used softwares Tycho V10.5 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Aug 31 19h14m02s Observation modification date 2023 Aug 31 19h15m58s