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38P/Stephan-Oterma

Orbital period : 37.70 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 15 02h58 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m213.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.927 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.780 AU
Right ascension04 04 16.31 h m s
Declination+04 53 07.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.08.15 06:17:38
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0038P        KC2018 08 15.12363 04 04 16.31 +04 53 07.8          15.0 R      A77
0038P        KC2018 08 15.13254 04 04 17.47 +04 53 11.7          15.3 R      A77
0038P        KC2018 08 15.14108 04 04 18.64 +04 53 16.3          15.3 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)r
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure details50x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 15 06h21m48s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 15 06h40m39s

(Record n° 19488)

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