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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Dec 03 08h08 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.674 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.168 AU
Right ascension13 40 51.29 h m s
Declination-01 37 11.9 ° ' "
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 2016.12.03 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P        KC2016 12 03.33856 13 40 51.29 -01 37 11.9          17.2 N      W96
0073P        KC2016 12 03.34908 13 40 53.11 -01 37 23.8          17.5 N      W96
0073P        KC2016 12 03.35921 13 40 54.67 -01 37 34.0          17.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details24 x 45s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Dec 03 09h51m38s
Observation modification date2016 Dec 03 10h25m49s

(Record n° 16641)

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