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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Orbital period : 6.42 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 17 09h36 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Tail position angle (PA)260 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.845 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.658 AU
Right ascension00 00 05.61 h m s
Declination-04 54 25.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.04.17 12:41:10
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 04 17.40024 00 00 05.61 -04 54 25.8          16.7 N      W96
0067P         C2015 04 17.41277 00 00 07.28 -04 54 14.8          16.9 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-35 °C
Binning4x4
MountParamount
Exposure details20x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (levels, crop)
Remarks or commentsPossible tail at PA 260° (almost opposite to the Sun) ?
Observation submission date2015 Apr 17 12h52m58s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 22 07h03m47s

(Record n° 13692)

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