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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 Jul 29 09h08 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.810 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.561 AU
Right ascension37.91375 °
Declination+10.69903 °
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 2015.07.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 07 29.38031 02 31 39.30 +10 41 56.5          15.2 N      W96
0088P         C2015 07 29.39457 02 31 40.34 +10 42 01.9          15.2 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation121 °
Air mass1.31
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jul 29 13h52m13s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 29 13h53m06s

(Record n° 14201)

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