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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 22 03h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 1.881 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.383 AU
Right ascension143.38067 °
Declination+36.72678 °
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 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.09.22 06:43:38
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0162P        KC2026 09 22.16106 09 33 31.36 +36 43 36.4          18.3 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 22.17082 09 33 32.88 +36 43 34.0          18.1 r      L27
0162P        KC2026 09 22.18023 09 33 34.33 +36 43 31.9          18.2 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-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details40 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 22 04h58m19s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 22 05h21m22s

(Record n° 31912)

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