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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 28 08h50 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) 1.380 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.738 AU
Right ascension347.54617 °
Declination-8.95431 °
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 2015.04.28 14:53:04
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 04 28.36829 23 10 11.08 -08 57 15.5          14.2 N      W96
0088P         C2015 04 28.38605 23 10 14.28 -08 56 56.9          14.1 N      W96
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 details60x1mn
Air mass1.8
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 28 16h55m13s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 28 20h28m33s

(Record n° 13786)

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