509P/Catalina (Record n° 30682)
Orbital period : 18.68 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2025 Dec 23 01h40 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 6.0 " r (dist/Sun) 3.731 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.769 AU Right ascension 05 03 41.86 h m s Declination +25 42 15.7 ° ' " 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 + CMO
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.12.23 12:31:02
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0509P KB2025 12 23.06966 05 03 41.86 +25 42 15.7 17.3 G X03
0509P KB2025 12 23.07687 05 03 41.49 +25 42 13.5 17.3 G X03
0509P KB2025 12 23.08335 05 03 41.27 +25 42 12.8 17.2 G X03
0509P KB2025 12 23.08912 05 03 41.09 +25 42 11.6 17.8 G X03
0509P KB2025 12 23.09488 05 03 40.88 +25 42 10.8 18.0 G X03
0509P KB2025 12 23.10064 05 03 40.65 +25 42 09.6 17.8 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 Player One IMX571 Mono Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 4x2mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia EDR3
Used softwares Tycho V12.7 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Dec 24 15h43m26s Observation modification date 2025 Dec 24 15h49m27s