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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 Jul 17 09h45 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.287 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.835 AU
Right ascension70.25796 °
Declination+21.25261 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.07.17 12:46:53
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 07 17.40612 04 41 01.91 +21 15 09.4          14.5 N      W96
0067P         C2015 07 17.41704 04 41 04.48 +21 15 17.2          14.5 N      W96
0067P         C2015 07 17.43086 04 41 07.83 +21 15 27.9          14.4 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
Binning4x4
MountParamount
Picture exposure details30x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking rates set on comet orbital elements
Observation submission date2015 Jul 17 12h48m08s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 17 15h31m53s

(Record n° 14139)

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