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162P/Siding Spring

Perihelion distance : 1.29 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 28 °
Orbital period : 5.44 years
Eccentricity : 0.58

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Sep 19 02h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 1.860 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.383 AU
Right ascension141.38879 °
Declination+36.93397 °
MPC report
COD L27
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 5
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.09.19 07:27:00
NET ATLAS2
0162P        KC2026 09 19.12021 09 25 33.31 +36 56 02.3          18.0 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 19.13323 09 25 35.39 +36 55 59.3          17.8 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 19.14625 09 25 37.46 +36 55 56.4          17.7 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 19.15783 09 25 39.30 +36 55 53.6          17.8 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 19.17087 09 25 41.37 +36 55 50.6          17.7 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details80 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 19 05h45m32s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 19 06h02m40s

(Record n° 31885)

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