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40P/Vaisala

Perihelion distance : 1.82 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 12 °
Orbital period : 11 years
Eccentricity : 0.63

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 24 02h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.97 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.411 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.724 AU
Right ascension270.55088 °
Declination-9.34219 °
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 2026.04.24 06:24:45
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0040P        KC2026 04 24.09922 18 02 12.21 -09 20 31.9          18.3 r      C10
0040P        KC2026 04 24.11886 18 02 12.22 -09 20 30.4          18.2 r      C10
0040P        KC2026 04 24.13632 18 02 12.20 -09 20 28.6          18.5 r      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterNone
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideNo
Exposure details70 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Apr 24 07h17m02s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 24 07h25m27s

(Record n° 31391)

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