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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 07 09h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.882 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.126 AU
Right ascension01 04 23.73 h m s
Declination-14 30 24.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. 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/5 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.08.07 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P        KC2018 08 07.37601 01 04 23.73 -14 30 24.5          18.3 N      W96
0046P        KC2018 08 07.39664 01 04 25.23 -14 30 31.4          18.0 N      W96
0046P        KC2018 08 07.41804 01 04 26.73 -14 30 39.7          18.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 07 12h21m24s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 07 12h32m06s

(Record n° 19440)

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