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 Oct 09 08h36 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)
| Coma Total magnitude (m1) | 12.6 | Aperture radius for m1 | 0.52 ' | Magnitude (MPC m2) | 15.2 | Aperture radius for m2 | 5.2 " | Tail position angle (PA) | 310 ° | r (dist/Sun) | 1.422 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.805 AU | Right ascension | 147.85171 ° | Declination | +18.10906 ° | 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 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 | 16x1mn | 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 Oct 09 15h41m56s | Observation modification date | 2016 Jan 16 02h15m58s |
(Record n° 14568)