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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 05 07h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.7
Aperture radius used for m10.56 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.7
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.171 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.252 AU
Right ascension02 00 52.38 h m s
Declination-33 05 09.9 ° ' "
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 2018.11.05 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 05.31710 02 00 52.38 -33 05 09.9          11.7 T      W96
0046P         C2018 11 05.34125 02 00 52.47 -33 05 08.9          13.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details15 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 05 09h31m26s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 05 09h40m17s

(Record n° 19957)

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