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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Sep 29 23h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.4
Aperture radius used for m10.41 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.6 "
Coma diameter5 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.434 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.496 AU
Right ascension01 53 19.17 h m s
Declination-25 55 15.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.29 and 30
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 09 29.99117 01 53 19.17 -25 55 15.8          14.8 N      L27
0046P        KC2018 09 30.01409 01 53 19.51 -25 55 39.3          13.4 T      L27
0046P         C2018 09 30.02257 01 53 19.85 -25 55 49.7          14.9 N      L27
0046P         C2018 09 30.03701 01 53 20.13 -25 56 06.2          14.9 N      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Sep 30 04h56m13s
Observation modification date2018 Sep 30 16h00m58s

(Record n° 19810)

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