88P/Howell (Record n° 29566)
Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2025 Mar 02 20h45 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.425 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.438 AU Right ascension 163.31875 ° Declination +13.57822 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 36
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.03.03 07:52:59
NET APASS
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0088P KC2025 03 02.86484 10 53 16.50 +13 34 41.6 17.8 R A77
0088P KC2025 03 02.87417 10 53 15.99 +13 34 44.9 17.9 R A77
0088P KC2025 03 02.88308 10 53 15.47 +13 34 47.7 18.1 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 34x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Mar 03 08h54m48s Observation modification date 2025 Mar 03 09h47m13s