88P/Howell (Record n° 31985)
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 16 02h44 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) 2.450 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.502 AU Right ascension 43.79349 ° Declination +14.10083 ° 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| | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T02:43:54Z |43.79349 |+14.10083 |0.18 |0.19 |0.26 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.06 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.76 | 925| K|
88P| | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:00:42Z |43.79024 |+14.10018 |0.18 |0.19 |0.26 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.04 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.77 | 925| K|
88P| | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:17:16Z |43.78707 |+14.09957 |0.18 |0.19 |0.26 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.77 | 900| 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 110x25s 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 16 05h40m45s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 16 05h43m44s