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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Orbital period : 6.42 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 28 09h24 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.257 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.769 AU
Right ascension07 30 25.61 h m s
Declination+24 04 38.8 ° ' "
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 2015.08.28 12:36:00
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 08 28.39186 07 30 25.61 +24 04 38.8          13.9 N      W96
0067P         C2015 08 28.40465 07 30 28.58 +24 04 36.9          14.0 N      W96
0067P         C2015 08 28.41443 07 30 30.83 +24 04 34.0          13.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
Exposure details4x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking rates set on comet orbital elements
Observation submission date2015 Aug 28 12h38m03s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 29 10h15m00s

(Record n° 14341)

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