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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 07 08h45 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.617 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.711 AU
Right ascension01 38 06.29 h m s
Declination-19 38 45.2 ° ' "
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 m2 : 0.56' 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.07 14:11:41
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0046P         C2018 09 07.36485 01 38 06.29 -19 38 45.2          16.5 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 07.37680 01 38 06.87 -19 38 55.1          16.6 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 07.38503 01 38 07.26 -19 39 02.0          16.5 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details28x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogGaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Sep 07 14h17m19s
Observation modification date2018 Sep 14 21h41m22s

(Record n° 19631)

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