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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Orbital period : 6.42 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 11 09h11 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12
Aperture radius used for m10.52 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
Tail position angle (PA)300 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.293 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.779 AU
Right ascension08 22 25.58 h m s
Declination+22 42 26.0 ° ' "
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 2015.09.11 13:55:56
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 09 11.38260 08 22 25.58 +22 42 26.0          14.0 N      W96
0067P         C2015 09 11.38957 08 22 27.11 +22 42 23.4          14.2 N      W96
0067P         C2015 09 11.39471 08 22 28.12 +22 42 20.1          14.1 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
AutoguideYes
Exposure details16x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile (http://www.spaceobs.com/fr/)
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 Sep 11 13h58m19s
Observation modification date2016 Jan 16 02h16m57s

(Record n° 14411)

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