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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Perihelion distance : 1.21 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 6.43 years
Eccentricity : 0.65

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 13 09h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m28.3 "
Coma diameter0.38 '
Tail length0.10 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.652 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.357 AU
Right ascension16.38 °
Declination+2.57756 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.13
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 05 13.38294 01 05 31.20 +02 34 39.2          15.9 N      W96
0067P         C2015 05 13.39940 01 05 33.91 +02 34 57.1          16.2 N      W96
0067P         C2015 05 13.41641 01 05 36.68 +02 35 15.7          16.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning4x4
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details59 x 45s
Moon elongation28 °
Air mass4.78
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 13 12h32m34s
Observation modification date2015 May 13 13h45m40s

(Record n° 13849)

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