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Orbital period : 7.30 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Aug 27 01h26 UT by Luc Arnold


(Copyright Luc Arnold)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m211.6 "
Tail length0.01888 °
Tail position angle (PA)260 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.224 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.393 AU
Right ascension00 32 47.36 h m s
Declination+21 45 47.0 ° ' "
MPC report
COD 511
CON L. Arnold, OHP 04870 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France [luc.arnold@oamp.fr]
OBS O. Labrevoir, L. Arnold
MEA L. Arnold
TEL 0.60-m f/3.2 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.27 15:10:20
AC2 luc.arnold@oamp.fr
NET UCAC-4
0257P        KC2013 08 27.05951 00 32 47.36 +21 45 47.0          17.5 N      511
0257P        KC2013 08 27.06754 00 32 47.31 +21 45 44.0          17.3 N      511
0257P        KC2013 08 27.07656 00 32 47.25 +21 45 40.9          17.5 N      511
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)600 mm
Instrument focale length1920 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.2
CameraSBIG STL-11000
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
Exposure total time1560 s
Exposure details13x2mn
Observatory MPC code511
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.93 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://www.obs-hp.fr/~larnold/v2/LucArnold/Welcome.html
Remarks or commentstelescope ROTAT OHP
Observation submission date2013 Aug 27 18h02m05s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 27 18h12m02s

(Record n° 9949)

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