53P/Van Biesbroeck (Record n° 15966)
Orbital period : 12.65 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Sep 02 03h04 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierNuclear magnitude (m2) 15.1 m2 standard deviation 0.1 r (dist/Sun) 2.630 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.700 AU Right ascension 20 52 13.62 h m s Declination -16 13 39.8 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.09.02
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0053P C2016 09 02.12780 20 52 13.62 -16 13 39.8 15.2 N W96
0053P C2016 09 02.16902 20 52 13.05 -16 13 50.3 15.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Sensor CCD Observatory MPC code W96 Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Observation submission date 2016 Sep 02 18h09m23s