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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2022 Oct 16 23h54 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12
Aperture radius used for m10.7 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Afrho243 cm
Afrho error8 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.209 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.044 AU
Right ascension18 27 22.06 h m s
Declination-36 04 55.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2022.10.17 16:06:40
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
0073P         C2022 10 16.99583 18 27 22.06 -36 04 55.2          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.00183 18 27 24.18 -36 04 54.6          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.00852 18 27 26.58 -36 04 53.8          13.6 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.01516 18 27 29.07 -36 04 53.2          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.02182 18 27 31.43 -36 04 52.4          13.5 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.02848 18 27 34.16 -36 04 51.0          13.2 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.03515 18 27 36.24 -36 04 51.1          13.6 G      X03
0073P         C2022 10 17.04115 18 27 38.62 -36 04 50.8          12.0 T      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details1x45s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Remarks or commentsm1 et AfRho mesurées par FoCAs
Observation submission date2022 Oct 17 16h25m46s
Observation modification date2022 Oct 17 16h50m18s

(Record n° 26142)

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