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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 May 11 08h36 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter3.50 '
Tail length9 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.411 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.723 AU
Right ascension356.98421 °
Declination-5.18853 °
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 2015.05.11 10:07:49
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 05 11.35815 23 47 56.21 -05 11 18.7          13.9 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 11.38597 23 48 00.90 -05 10 50.2          14.0 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
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details50x1mn
Air mass2.5
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 May 11 18h18m08s
Observation modification date2015 May 11 18h23m37s

(Record n° 13841)

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