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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Jul 27 08h49 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.261 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.509 AU
Right ascension03 38 17.52 h m s
Declination+36 01 58.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G Bosch
MEA J.-G Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.07.27 10:47:30
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0017P         C2014 07 27.36753 03 38 17.52 +36 01 58.3          16.1 N      W96
0017P         C2014 07 27.42964 03 38 24.52 +36 02 42.0          16.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details30x3mn
Air mass3.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2014 Jul 27 12h50m52s
Observation modification date2014 Jul 27 16h37m36s

(Record n° 12164)

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