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66P/du Toit

Orbital period : 14.95 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Mar 30 08h29 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.451 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.079 AU
Right ascension18 52 59.25 h m s
Declination-37 34 54.7 ° ' "
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 m2 : 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.03.30 16:19:29
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0066P         C2018 03 30.35360 18 52 59.25 -37 34 54.7          16.8 N      W96
0066P         C2018 03 30.35729 18 53 00.35 -37 34 58.5          16.7 N      W96
0066P         C2018 03 30.36138 18 53 01.56 -37 35 02.5          16.6 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details21x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.07 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Mar 30 16h21m40s
Observation modification date2018 Apr 06 10h30m42s

(Record n° 18995)

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