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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 04 01h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.693 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.007 AU
Right ascension16 51 31.85 h m s
Declination-43 09 31.4 ° ' "
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 2013.08.04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P         C2013 08 04.05550 16 51 31.85 -43 09 31.4          16.6 N      W96
0017P         C2013 08 04.07986 16 51 31.82 -43 09 16.9          16.6 N      W96
0017P         C2013 08 04.10574 16 51 31.74 -43 09 02.0          16.5 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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 X 120s
Moon elongation145 °
Air mass1.08
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 04 23h33m48s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 04 23h36m29s

(Record n° 9863)

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