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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 25 09h48 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.8
m2 standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius used for m26.0 "
Afrho514 cm
Afrho error11 cm
r (dist/Sun) 1.418 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.954 AU
Right ascension23 30 41.09 h m s
Declination-06 36 46.5 ° ' "
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.04.25 18:09:38
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0088P        KB2026 04 25.40814 23 30 41.09 -06 36 46.5          13.7 V      X03
0088P        KB2026 04 25.41175 23 30 41.71 -06 36 42.7          13.8 V      X03
0088P        KB2026 04 25.41536 23 30 42.33 -06 36 38.8          13.8 V      X03
0088P        KB2026 04 25.41876 23 30 42.91 -06 36 35.3          13.8 V      X03
0088P        KB2026 04 25.42197 23 30 43.46 -06 36 31.9          13.8 V      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
Filter(s)L
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Exposure details9x30s
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho V13.05
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Apr 25 18h25m55s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 25 18h32m32s

(Record n° 31399)

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