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 23 08h22 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 15.3 | Magnitude standard deviation | 0.1 | Aperture radius for m2 | 5.2 " | r (dist/Sun) | 1.507 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.809 AU | Right ascension | 157.02404 ° | Declination | +15.5145 ° | 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 2015.10.23 11:11:40 AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com NET UCAC-4 0067P C2015 10 23.34848 10 28 05.77 +15 30 52.2 15.4 N W96 0067P C2015 10 23.36240 10 28 07.81 +15 30 43.6 15.3 N W96 0067P C2015 10 23.37670 10 28 09.96 +15 30 33.9 15.3 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 | 32x1mn | Observatory MPC code | W96 | Location | San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | Reference stars catalog (ast) | UCAC-4 | 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 23 11h12m35s | Observation modification date | 2016 Jan 16 02h14m28s |
(Record n° 14645)