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48P/Johnson

Orbital period : 6.55 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 Aug 19 02h09 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.8 "
Tail length0.3 °
Tail position angle (PA)64 °
Afrho77 cm
Afrho error2 cm
r (dist/Sun) 2.386 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.142 AU
Right ascension03 43 00.64 h m s
Declination+05 54 05.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.08.19 07:22:18
NET APASS
0048P        KC2025 08 19.08975 03 43 00.64 +05 54 05.4          17.3 R      A77
0048P        KC2025 08 19.11233 03 43 01.94 +05 54 05.1          17.1 R      A77
0048P        KC2025 08 19.13490 03 43 03.20 +05 54 04.7          17.3 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)R Bessel
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
Exposure details45x120s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Remarks or comments 48 2025 08 19.08 sk 13.9 AR 40.0L 3E400 0.27 0.3m 64 ICQ XX KUG I C 0.27mAT6 IC6 TYT 0 U9*0.07 15.3 0.8s 0.8 Comment: Comet Alt. 37.0
Observation submission date2025 Aug 19 07h24m58s
Observation modification date2025 Aug 21 19h13m53s

(Record n° 29924)

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