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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 May 02 09h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.075 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.928 AU
Right ascension00 46 46.81 h m s
Declination+14 05 56.7 ° ' "
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 2014.05.02 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P         C2014 05 02.40943 00 46 46.81 +14 05 56.7          15.7 N      W96
0017P         C2014 05 02.41172 00 46 46.90 +14 05 58.4          15.5 N      W96
0017P         C2014 05 02.41401 00 46 47.26 +14 06 01.4          15.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details7 x 60s
Moon elongation142 °
Air mass1.15
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 May 02 14h37m36s
Observation modification date2014 May 02 14h41m53s

(Record n° 11729)

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