88P/Howell (Record n° 758)
Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2009 Sep 15 20h10 UT by Nicolas BiverComa Total magnitude (m1) 9.5 Coma diameter 4.5 ' Coma condensation degree
(DC) 4 r (dist/Sun) 1.397 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.580 AU ICQ full report 88 2009 09 15.84 S 9.5 TK 20.3T10 67 4.5 4 ICQ XX BIV
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 203 mm Instrument focale/diameter 10 Sensor Eye Power magnification 67 X Magnitude visual estimation method
(ICQ code) S Reference stars catalog (ast) TYCHO2 Observation submission date 2010 Jul 13 01h36m34s