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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital period : 8043.00 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 02 20h35 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m27.5 "
Afrho3300 cm
r (dist/Sun) 2.827 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.849 AU
Right ascension15 14 08.55 h m s
Declination+56 58 41.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.08.03 00:23:48
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.85750 15 14 08.55 +56 58 41.4          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.86452 15 14 08.86 +56 58 28.3          14.8 N      A77
    CK14Q020 KC2015 08 02.87196 15 14 09.16 +56 58 14.4          14.9 N      A77
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
Filter(s)r'
CameraST2000XM
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT
Exposure total time90 s
Exposure details3x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.88 "/pix
Remarks or commentsafrho 25000 km
Observation submission date2015 Aug 03 00h28m10s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 03 00h51m19s

(Record n° 14211)

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