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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Mar 12 08h12 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) 0.975 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.404 AU
Right ascension20 42 57.13 h m s
Declination-20 02 28.8 ° ' "
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/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0073P         C2017 03 12.34199 20 42 57.13 -20 02 28.8          15.3 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 12.35380 20 43 00.77 -20 02 22.7          15.3 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 12.36011 20 43 02.66 -20 02 19.8          15.5 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 12.37226 20 43 06.39 -20 02 13.1          15.3 N      W96
0073P         C2017 03 12.37747 20 43 07.94 -20 02 10.8          15.3 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 details50 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 12 10h30m16s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 12 11h51m19s

(Record n° 17300)

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