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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2010 Dec 31 20h08 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)15.7
Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.7
m2 standard deviation0.3
Coma diameter0.67 '
r (dist/Sun) 3.712 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.871 AU
Right ascension04 02 11.83 h m s
Declination+22 12 30.2 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.5-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.01.01 11:19:59
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0088P        KC2010 12 31.83899 04 02 11.83 +22 12 30.2          17.2 N      A77
0088P        KC2010 12 31.85694 04 02 11.20 +22 12 28.9          17.9 N      A77
0088P        KC2010 12 31.87490 04 02 10.57 +22 12 27.4          17.9 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)500 mm
Instrument focale length1500 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Camerasbig ST11k
SensorCCD
Sensor size24x36 mm2
Binning2x2
Exposure details8x180s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.24 "/pix
Observation submission date2011 Jan 01 12h28m57s
Observation modification date2011 Jan 01 17h51m23s

(Record n° 1518)

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