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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Dec 14 21h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.6
Aperture radius used for m10.82 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)11.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.055 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.079 AU
Right ascension03 46 31.75 h m s
Declination+16 02 58.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2018.12.15 08:59:15
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0046P         C2018 12 14.88451 03 46 31.75 +16 02 58.3           8.6 T      L27
0046P         C2018 12 14.89875 03 46 37.78 +16 06 07.4          11.0 N      L27
0046P         C2018 12 14.91700 03 46 46.19 +16 10 11.6          11.1 N      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 10s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Dec 15 09h06m07s
Observation modification date2018 Dec 15 10h27m31s

(Record n° 20177)

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