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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 28 06h32 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.442 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.504 AU
Right ascension01 52 31.22 h m s
Declination-25 24 08.2 ° ' "
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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 m2 : 0.54' 6.4"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.28 12:14:04
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 09 28.27232 01 52 31.22 -25 24 08.2          14.7 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 28.30211 01 52 31.83 -25 24 40.0          14.6 N      W96
0046P         C2018 09 28.33054 01 52 32.50 -25 25 10.1          14.6 N      W96
InstrumentMarcon RC 400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details79x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2018 Sep 28 12h21m11s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 01 09h09m54s

(Record n° 19798)

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