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40P/Vaisala

Orbital period : 10.99 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 12 03h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.174 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.972 AU
Right ascension17 33 31.78 h m s
Declination-10 57 14.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 2
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.12 09:47:08
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0040P        KC2026 03 12.16553 17 33 31.78 -10 57 14.9          18.1 r      L27
0040P        KC2026 03 12.18723 17 33 33.38 -10 57 11.9          18.0 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details36 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad Seeing
Observation submission date2026 Mar 12 10h17m04s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 12 10h38m28s

(Record n° 31075)

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