67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Record n° 14920)
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 16 06h52 UT by Jean-Gabriel BoschMagnitude (MPC m2) 16 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 8.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.897 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.694 AU Right ascension 181.05817 ° Declination +8.11228 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G.Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.12.16 11:52:15
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0067P C2015 12 16.28605 12 04 13.96 +08 06 44.2 16.0 N W96
0067P C2015 12 16.32521 12 04 16.55 +08 06 34.8 15.9 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 QHY Sensor CCD Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Air mass 2.5 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2015 Dec 19 11h09m24s Observation modification date 2016 Feb 04 19h00m29s