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Orbital period : 18.68 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 Nov 10 20h18 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.778 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.927 AU
Right ascension05 26 43.97 h m s
Declination+27 15 53.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 33
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.11.10 22:29:14
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0509P        KB2025 11 10.84567 05 26 43.97 +27 15 53.8          18.4 R      A77
0509P        KB2025 11 10.85381 05 26 43.73 +27 15 53.4          18.5 R      A77
0509P        KB2025 11 10.86196 05 26 43.47 +27 15 52.6          18.7 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
Filter(s)None
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details33x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Nov 10 22h30m59s
Observation modification date2025 Nov 11 08h26m17s

(Record n° 30334)

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