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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 Aug 14 09h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.243 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.771 AU
Right ascension98.69071 °
Declination+24.39217 °
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 2015.08.14
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 08 14.39479 06 34 45.77 +24 23 31.8          13.8 N      W96
0067P         C2015 08 14.40785 06 34 48.98 +24 23 32.1          13.8 N      W96
0067P         C2015 08 14.42260 06 34 52.65 +24 23 34.0          13.7 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 details24 x 60s
Moon elongation41 °
Air mass4.31
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 Aug 14 12h37m03s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 14 12h37m36s

(Record n° 14272)

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