73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 17125)
Orbital period : 5.44 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2017 Feb 11 05h21 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.5 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.085 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.406 AU Right ascension 18 09 43.13 h m s Declination -20 09 12.4 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.02.11 07:37:14
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0073P KC2017 02 11.22305 18 09 43.13 -20 09 12.4 15.5 N A77
0073P KC2017 02 11.22731 18 09 44.33 -20 09 14.7 15.6 N A77
0073P KC2017 02 11.23158 18 09 45.59 -20 09 17.1 15.4 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter(s) None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 13x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.8 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 Feb 11 08h32m59s Observation modification date 2017 Feb 11 08h41m11s