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71P/Clark

Orbital period : 5.56 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 May 19 07h28 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12
Aperture radius used for m10.53 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.637 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.637 AU
Right ascension16 40 53.46 h m s
Declination-23 58 25.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 46" for CK15E61R / 32" for 71P
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.1"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.19 15:05:38
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0071P         C2017 05 19.31107 16 40 53.46 -23 58 25.5          13.6 N      W96
0071P         C2017 05 19.32568 16 40 53.14 -23 58 37.6          12.0 T      W96
0071P         C2017 05 19.34113 16 40 52.82 -23 58 51.0          13.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraSTF8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details39x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, grad, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2017 May 19 15h12m38s
Observation modification date2017 May 19 19h22m25s

(Record n° 17696)

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