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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 21 08h42 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.445 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.714 AU
Right ascension3.75254 °
Declination-2.40456 °
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 2015.05.21 16:11:23
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 05 21.36283 00 15 00.61 -02 24 16.4          13.8 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 21.37862 00 15 03.10 -02 24 01.0          13.9 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
Binning3x3
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details40x40s
Air mass1.5
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 May 21 18h15m38s
Observation modification date2015 May 21 18h51m00s

(Record n° 13903)

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