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509P/Catalina

Orbital period : 18.68 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 02 18h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.7
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m26.97 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.695 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.460 AU
Right ascension05 03 11.02 h m s
Declination+23 14 27.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/4 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.02 23:39:30
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0509P        KC2026 03 02.79062 05 03 11.02 +23 14 27.3          18.8 r      C10
0509P        KC2026 03 02.81116 05 03 11.85 +23 14 27.8          18.9 r      C10
0509P        KC2026 03 02.83062 05 03 12.20 +23 14 23.6          18.5 r      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)None
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideYes
Exposure details9 x 180s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Mar 02 23h44m54s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 02 23h47m56s

(Record n° 31032)

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