257P/Catalina (Record n° 9969)
Orbital period : 7.30 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 30 01h19 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.1 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 15 " r (dist/Sun) 2.230 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.377 AU Right ascension 00 32 29.43 h m s Declination +21 25 47.4 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.30 02:45:02
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0257P KC2013 08 30.05469 00 32 29.43 +21 25 47.4 17.1 N A77
0257P KC2013 08 30.06407 00 32 29.29 +21 25 42.4 16.9 N A77
0257P KC2013 08 30.07411 00 32 29.23 +21 25 39.3 17.2 N A77
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 800 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter(s) Clear Camera ST2000XM Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade modified Motorization Yes Autoguide No Exposure details 35x45s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 3.75 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Aug 30 04h47m16s Observation modification date 2013 Aug 30 05h04m22s