88P/Howell (Record n° 14179)
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 Jul 23 07h13 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.772 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.584 AU Right ascension 35.91171 ° Declination +10.03817 ° 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 2015.07.23 12:58:05
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P C2015 07 23.30042 02 23 38.81 +10 02 17.4 14.9 N W96
0088P C2015 07 23.33803 02 23 41.85 +10 02 32.9 15.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Picture exposure details 51x1mn Air mass 1.8 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 Jul 23 15h00m18s Observation modification date 2015 Jul 23 18h43m00s