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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 May 07 09h48 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.5
Aperture radius used for m26.9 "
Coma diameter1.24 '
r (dist/Sun) 2.081 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.911 AU
Right ascension00 56 48.30 h m s
Declination+15 35 50.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.05.07 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2014 05 07.40841 00 56 48.30 +15 35 50.2          15.5 N      W96
0017P        KC2014 05 07.41223 00 56 48.64 +15 35 54.6          15.5 N      W96
0017P        KC2014 05 07.41605 00 56 49.07 +15 35 59.7          15.5 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 details12 x 60s
Moon elongation120 °
Air mass5.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 May 07 13h50m44s
Observation modification date2014 May 08 19h42m33s

(Record n° 11756)

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