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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Feb 12 04h18 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)18.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m211.25 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.603 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.218 AU
Right ascension14 50 07.99 h m s
Declination-03 22 20.7 ° ' "
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 2014.02.12 06:43:20
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P        KC2014 02 12.17895 14 50 07.99 -03 22 20.7          18.6 N      A77
0046P        KC2014 02 12.19770 14 50 07.91 -03 22 16.9          18.4 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)Clear
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor size11.8x8.9 mm2
Sensor pixels number1600x1200
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade modified
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time2700 s
Exposure details90x30s
Air mass1.5
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.75 "/pix
Remarks or commentsmistral
Observation submission date2014 Feb 12 06h55m28s
Observation modification date2014 Feb 12 07h55m21s

(Record n° 11105)

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