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Orbital period : 6.93 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Nov 29 03h46 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.739 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.837 AU
Right ascension04 38 25.75 h m s
Declination+50 35 14.7 ° ' "
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 2014.11.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0017P        KC2014 11 29.15675 04 38 25.75 +50 35 14.7          17.8 N      W96
0017P        KC2014 11 29.16744 04 38 24.93 +50 35 13.2          18.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 60s
Moon elongation99 °
Air mass3.70
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Nov 29 09h31m11s
Observation modification date2014 Nov 29 15h42m21s

(Record n° 13009)

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