88P/Howell (Record n° 14599)
Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Oct 14 06h25 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.316 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.351 AU Right ascension 37.88796 ° Declination +11.50175 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.10.14 15:31:30
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P C2015 10 14.26747 02 31 33.11 +11 30 06.3 15.5 N W96
0088P C2015 10 14.31535 02 31 29.75 +11 29 55.7 15.4 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 Motorization Yes Picture exposure details 45x90s Air mass 1.1 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2015 Oct 14 17h33m12s Observation modification date 2015 Oct 14 18h23m20s