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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 Oct 09 22h39 UT by Tiago Ferreira


(Copyright Tiago Ferreira)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Aperture radius for m215.6 "
Magnitude bandVj
r (dist/Sun) 2.404 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.498 AU
Right ascension45.37091 °
Declination+14.40918 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode R39
# submitter
! name T. Ferreira
# observers
! name Dobsonian Power
# measurers
! name Tiago Ferreira
# telescope
! design Reflector
! aperture 0.41
! fRatio 3.3
! detector CCD
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.7
! photometry Tycho 13.7
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
    88P|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-09T22:38:57Z   |45.37091   |+14.40918  |0.49 |0.58  |0.76  |  ATLAS2|15.9 |0.24  |  Vj|  ATLAS2|15.6  |1.27  | 268|    K|
    88P|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-09T22:45:45Z   |45.37002   |+14.40890  |0.61 |0.68  |0.91  |  ATLAS2|16.0 |0.20  |  Vj|  ATLAS2|15.6  |1.26  | 264|    K|
    88P|           |  TR0000| CCD|R39 |2026-10-09T22:52:44Z   |45.36876   |+14.40859  |0.59 |0.61  |0.85  |  ATLAS2|15.9 |0.20  |  Vj|  ATLAS2|15.6  |1.36  | 264|    K|
Instrumental configurationConfig1
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
SensorCMOS
Picture exposure details200x4s
Observatory MPC codeR39
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.91 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 10 00h31m38s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 10 00h35m57s

(Record n° 31957)

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