Perihelion distance : 1.4 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 7.51 years
Eccentricity : 0.63
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2008 Dec 24 22h11 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 14.5 | Aperture radius for m2 | 7 " | r (dist/Sun) | 1.489 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 0.595 AU | Instrument | Newton | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 200 mm | Instrument focale length | 1000 mm | Filter | None | Camera | SBIG ST7-XME | Sensor | CCD | Exposure total time | 600 s | Picture exposure details | 5x2mn | Observatory MPC code | B83 | Location | Gieres 38610 France | Reference stars catalog (ast) | GSC | Used softwares | Iris | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.86 "/pix | URL for more information or pictures | http://thierrynoel.free.fr/Astronomie/Cometes/144P-Kushida | Observation submission date | 2010 Feb 10 00h00m00s |
(Record n° 18)