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116P/Wild

Orbital period : 6.52 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Jan 15 08h55 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.7
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.187 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.262 AU
Right ascension14 35 26.78 h m s
Declination-14 52 33.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.01.15 10:24:02
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0116P         C2016 01 15.37159 14 35 26.78 -14 52 33.3          15.8 N      W96
0116P         C2016 01 15.37850 14 35 27.41 -14 52 36.9          15.8 N      W96
0116P         C2016 01 15.38602 14 35 28.22 -14 52 41.1          15.8 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
Exposure details14x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking rates set on comet orbital elements. NB: mag was originally reported using 5.2" aperture radius.
Observation submission date2016 Jan 15 10h30m30s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 17 22h30m59s

(Record n° 15055)

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