88P/Howell (Record n° 31874)
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 Sep 17 03h48 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " Magnitude band R r (dist/Sun) 2.260 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.549 AU Right ascension 49.054 ° Declination +15.02911 ° MPC report COD A77
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TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.09.17 07:50:51
NET APASS
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0088P KB2026 09 17.15813 03 16 12.96 +15 01 44.8 15.7 R A77
0088P KB2026 09 17.16181 03 16 12.88 +15 01 44.7 15.7 R A77
0088P KB2026 09 17.16548 03 16 12.83 +15 01 44.5 15.7 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 IMX492 Sensor CMOS Binning 2x2 Exposure details 15x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS Reference stars catalog (phot) APASS Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 17 05h51m50s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 17 05h52m29s