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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 28 21h08 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.8
Aperture radius used for m10.82 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)12.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.075 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.134 AU
Right ascension02 27 45.17 h m s
Declination-22 31 22.0 ° ' "
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 L27 NEOCP 2018.11.28
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 11 28.88035 02 27 45.17 -22 31 22.0          12.2 N      L27
0046P         C2018 11 28.89499 02 27 47.63 -22 30 15.3           9.8 T      L27
0046P         C2018 11 28.91314 02 27 49.49 -22 29 04.1          12.3 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-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 29 05h06m24s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 29 09h10m53s

(Record n° 20082)

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