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 Sep 18 09h11 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 14.2 | Aperture radius for m2 | 5.2 " | Tail position angle (PA) | 305 ° | r (dist/Sun) | 1.319 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.786 AU | Right ascension | 131.66504 ° | Declination | +21.72492 ° | 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 2015.09.18 11:50:33 AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com NET UCAC-4 0067P C2015 09 18.38269 08 46 39.61 +21 43 29.7 14.2 N W96 0067P C2015 09 18.39007 08 46 41.05 +21 43 25.0 14.2 N W96 0067P C2015 09 18.39520 08 46 42.15 +21 43 22.7 14.2 N W96 | Instrument type | Ritchey-Chretien | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 400 mm | Instrument focale length | 3200 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 8 | Filter | None | Camera | QHY9 | Sensor | CCD | Sensor temperature | -35 °C | Binning | 3x3 | Mount | Paramount | Picture exposure details | 10x1mn | Observatory MPC code | W96 | Location | San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (http://www.spaceobs.com/fr/) | Reference stars catalog (ast) | UCAC-4 | Used softwares | ASTROMETRICA | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.04 "/pix | Image processing | Astrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop) | Remarks or comments | Tracking rates set on comet orbital elements. | Observation submission date | 2015 Sep 18 11h52m18s | Observation modification date | 2015 Sep 24 21h59m28s |
(Record n° 14445)