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88P/Howell

Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Jul 14 02h24 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m25.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.831 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.850 AU
Right ascension37.08304 °
Declination+11.11794 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.07.14 07:20:20
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0088P        KB2026 07 14.09974 02 28 19.93 +11 07 04.6          15.3 R      A77
0088P        KB2026 07 14.10343 02 28 20.30 +11 07 06.5          14.9 R      A77
0088P        KB2026 07 14.10676 02 28 20.63 +11 07 07.4          15.3 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details14x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Jul 14 07h21m25s
Observation modification date2026 Jul 14 07h22m08s

(Record n° 31655)

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