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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Jun 04 02h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.955 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.026 AU
Right ascension17 42 38.08 h m s
Declination-49 12 56.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury,  J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.06.03 and 04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2013 06 04.10447 17 42 38.08 -49 12 56.7          17.0 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 06 04.11309 17 42 37.41 -49 12 57.7          16.9 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 06 04.11947 17 42 37.04 -49 12 57.7          16.8 N      W96
0017P        KC2013 06 04.12696 17 42 36.51 -49 12 58.3          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2013 Jun 21 21h53m37s

(Record n° 9676)

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