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Orbital period : 18.68 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 19 19h22 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.693 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.703 AU
Right ascension05 15 53.07 h m s
Declination+23 02 15.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 18
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.20 08:56:36
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0509P        KB2026 03 19.80662 05 15 53.07 +23 02 15.0          18.2 R      A77
0509P        KB2026 03 19.81696 05 15 53.58 +23 02 15.2          18.2 R      A77
0509P        KB2026 03 19.82689 05 15 54.11 +23 02 14.9          18.1 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
Binning2x2
Exposure details14x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogAPASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Mar 20 08h58m04s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 20 09h00m47s

(Record n° 31157)

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