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46P/Wirtanen

Orbital period : 5.44 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2023 Oct 05 00h23 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)19.8
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.672 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.260 AU
Right ascension19 55 46.80 h m s
Declination-32 19 52.3 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.10.05 12:23:09
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0046P        KC2023 10 05.01622 19 55 46.80 -32 19 52.3          19.6 G      X03
0046P        KC2023 10 05.03515 19 55 46.85 -32 19 51.6          19.8 G      X03
0046P        KC2023 10 05.05297 19 55 47.12 -32 19 46.8          20.0 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
Filter(s)L
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details9x3mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogGaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho V10.5
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Oct 05 12h02m42s
Observation modification date2023 Oct 05 12h03m36s

(Record n° 27692)

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