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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 15 18h22 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Coma diameter20 '
r (dist/Sun) 1.056 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.078 AU
Right ascension03 54 03.88 h m s
Declination+19 20 02.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD K97
CON P. Ditz [patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr]
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.20-m f/7.45 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file 46P 2018/12/15
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 15.76544 03 54 03.88 +19 20 02.9          11.6 N      K97
0046P         C2018 12 15.76768 03 54 04.97 +19 20 33.8          11.5 N      K97
0046P         C2018 12 15.76872 03 54 05.59 +19 20 48.1          11.6 N      K97
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentT200 F/D 7.45
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1490 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7.45
Filter(s)L
CameraATIK 460 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor size12.5x10.0 mm2
Sensor pixels number2749x2199
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA300
Exposure total time152 s
Exposure details19x8s
Moon phase85 °
Moon elongation64 °
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeK97
Location67130 Freconrupt
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.26 "/pix
Image processingPRISM
URL for more information or pictureshttp://astro-patditz.monsite-orange.fr/
Observation submission date2018 Dec 15 23h42m36s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 31 14h34m25s

(Record n° 20183)

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