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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Oct 16 05h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.8
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
Coma diameter7.30 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.302 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.370 AU
Right ascension01 57 50.95 h m s
Declination-30 29 10.6 ° ' "
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 2018.10.16 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 10 16.22210 01 57 50.95 -30 29 10.6          12.8 T      W96
0046P         C2018 10 16.23663 01 57 50.94 -30 29 26.7          14.4 N      W96
0046P         C2018 10 16.25751 01 57 50.88 -30 29 44.6          14.5 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 details20 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 Oct 16 08h36m03s
Observation modification date2018 Oct 16 08h52m02s

(Record n° 19882)

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