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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Aug 12 08h33 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.312 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.401 AU
Right ascension04 07 16.06 h m s
Declination+39 01 05.8 ° ' "
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 2014.08.06 11:21:11
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2014 08 12.35656 04 07 16.06 +39 01 05.8          16.6 N      W96
0017P        KC2014 08 12.38572 04 07 18.98 +39 01 24.4          16.7 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
AutoguideNo
Exposure details29x2mn
Moon phase0 °
Air mass1.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2014 Aug 12 13h30m11s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 12 18h01m22s

(Record n° 12303)

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