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88P/Howell

Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Feb 25 08h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.429 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.955 AU
Right ascension293.65563 °
Declination-23.07606 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.02.25 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 02 25.37082 19 34 37.35 -23 04 33.8          14.7 N      W96
0088P         C2015 02 25.37791 19 34 38.91 -23 04 31.4          14.6 N      W96
0088P         C2015 02 25.38499 19 34 40.47 -23 04 29.3          14.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details35 x 30s
Moon elongation129 °
Air mass2.53
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Feb 25 10h35m02s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 25 10h35m30s

(Record n° 13454)

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