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53P/Van Biesbroeck

Orbital period : 12.65 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Mar 11 08h24 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.461 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.757 AU
Right ascension19 16 54.24 h m s
Declination-17 01 06.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.11 11:19:53
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0053P        KC2016 03 11.35020 19 16 54.24 -17 01 06.2          16.5 N      W96
0053P        KC2016 03 11.36580 19 16 56.00 -17 01 03.4          16.5 N      W96
0053P        KC2016 03 11.37667 19 16 57.18 -17 01 00.3          16.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details58x30s
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 (levels, crop)
Remarks or commentsNB: mag was originally reported using 5.2" aperture radius
Observation submission date2016 Mar 11 11h24m39s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 17 22h27m49s

(Record n° 15265)

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