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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Mar 06 08h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m23.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.985 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.388 AU
Right ascension20 12 08.67 h m s
Declination-20 45 06.1 ° ' "
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/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.06
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P         C2017 03 06.36917 20 12 08.67 -20 45 06.1          15.3 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 06.37559 20 12 10.67 -20 45 04.2          15.3 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 06.38234 20 12 12.76 -20 45 02.3          15.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI 532
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details40 x 20s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Mar 06 10h50m10s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 06 11h23m31s

(Record n° 17274)

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