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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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 Dec 18 07h41 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.2 "
Tail position angle (PA)310 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.912 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.686 AU
Right ascension181.60154 °
Declination+7.97706 °
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 2015.12.18 10:46:09
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 12 18.32013 12 06 24.37 +07 58 37.4          16.5 N      W96
0067P         C2015 12 18.33142 12 06 25.01 +07 58 34.0          16.6 N      W96
0067P         C2015 12 18.34271 12 06 25.74 +07 58 32.3          16.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details32x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or comments50° rot grad. (and my first observation with new PC at CAO !)
Observation submission date2015 Dec 18 11h00m25s
Observation modification date2016 Jan 16 02h11m54s

(Record n° 14910)

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