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88P/Howell

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

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Aug 06 02h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.981 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.754 AU
Right ascension44.64967 °
Declination+13.52969 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.06 13:34:58
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0088P        KC2026 08 06.09948 02 58 35.92 +13 31 46.9          15.4 r      L27
0088P        KC2026 08 06.10550 02 58 36.28 +13 31 48.4          15.3 r      L27
0088P        KC2026 08 06.11378 02 58 36.80 +13 31 50.5          15.7 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details42 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsCloudy and Bad seeing
Observation submission date2026 Aug 06 14h44m00s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 06 16h28m35s

(Record n° 31721)

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