88P/Howell (Record n° 13573)
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 Mar 30 08h14 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 14.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 2.50 ' Tail length 0.133 ° r (dist/Sun) 1.361 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.798 AU Right ascension 323.836 ° Declination -17.05547 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.03.30 09:45:47
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P C2015 03 30.34282 21 35 20.64 -17 03 19.7 14.1 N W96
0088P C2015 03 30.37412 21 35 27.19 -17 02 51.5 14.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Picture exposure details 105x30s Air mass 1.4 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 Mar 30 11h48m12s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 30 19h24m11s