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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Jun 29 00h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.847 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.917 AU
Right ascension17 13 09.57 h m s
Declination-48 12 12.1 ° ' "
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 2013.06.28 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P         C2013 06 29.01793 17 13 09.57 -48 12 12.1          16.7 N      W96
0017P         C2013 06 29.03475 17 13 08.39 -48 12 07.1          16.7 N      W96
0017P         C2013 06 29.05155 17 13 07.23 -48 12 01.3          16.8 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
AutoguideNo
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Observation submission date2013 Jun 29 13h42m26s

(Record n° 9720)

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