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88P/Howell

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

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Apr 30 08h42 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.9
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.384 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.735 AU
Right ascension349.04329 °
Declination-8.37094 °
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 2015.04.30 14:55:20
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 04 30.36249 23 16 10.39 -08 22 15.4          13.9 N      W96
0088P         C2015 04 30.39033 23 16 15.33 -08 21 47.0          13.9 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
Binning3x3
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details20x15s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Apr 30 18h17m51s
Observation modification date2015 May 01 15h57m22s

(Record n° 13795)

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