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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Orbital period : 6.42 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Oct 09 08h36 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.6
Aperture radius used for m10.52 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.2
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
Tail position angle (PA)310 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.422 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.805 AU
Right ascension09 51 24.41 h m s
Declination+18 06 32.6 ° ' "
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 2015.10.09 15:36:50
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 10 09.35830 09 51 24.41 +18 06 32.6          15.1 N      W96
0067P         C2015 10 09.36490 09 51 25.57 +18 06 27.8          15.2 N      W96
0067P         C2015 10 09.38122 09 51 28.18 +18 06 16.6          15.2 N      W96
0067P         C2015 10 09.38782 09 51 29.28 +18 06 13.2          15.2 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 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 Oct 09 15h41m56s
Observation modification date2016 Jan 16 02h15m58s

(Record n° 14568)

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