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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 Apr 13 08h16 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.361 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.762 AU
Right ascension335.70938 °
Declination-13.30217 °
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 2015.04.13 13:09:15
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 04 13.34476 22 22 50.25 -13 18 07.8          14.3 N      W96
0088P         C2015 04 13.37465 22 22 56.13 -13 17 37.5          14.1 N      W96
Instrument400
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details89x30
Air mass1.6
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Apr 13 15h13m51s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 13 20h59m55s

(Record n° 13656)

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