40P/Vaisala (Record n° 31009)
Orbital period : 10.99 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Feb 26 08h51 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.4 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 6.0 " r (dist/Sun) 2.105 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.057 AU Right ascension 17 13 57.20 h m s Declination -11 16 25.8 ° ' " 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 + CMO
NUM 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.26 12:20:30
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0040P KB2026 02 26.36863 17 13 57.20 -11 16 25.8 17.3 G X03
0040P KB2026 02 26.37729 17 13 58.01 -11 16 25.2 17.4 G X03
0040P KB2026 02 26.38596 17 13 58.81 -11 16 24.8 17.3 G X03
0040P KB2026 02 26.39461 17 13 59.64 -11 16 24.4 17.4 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 6x2mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog Gaia EDR3
Used softwares Tycho V13.05 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Feb 26 15h08m56s Observation modification date 2026 Feb 26 15h22m15s