88P/Howell (Record n° 31953)
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 Oct 08 23h27 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.398 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.498 AU Right ascension 45.60333 ° Declination +14.45207 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
88P| | ABC1866| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T23:26:40Z |45.60333 |+14.45207 |0.18 |0.17 |0.25 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.04 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.74 |1000| K|
88P| | ABC1866| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T23:44:50Z |45.60017 |+14.45153 |0.18 |0.16 |0.25 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.03 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.74 |1000| K|
88P| | ABC1866| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-09T00:02:59Z |45.59707 |+14.45102 |0.18 |0.16 |0.24 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.03 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.76 |1000| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 120x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 09 06h05m33s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 09 06h11m39s