P/2015 Q2 (Pimentel) (Record n° 14492)
Orbital period : 19.93 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Sep 24 05h05 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.9 Aperture radius used for m2 8.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.824 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.192 AU Right ascension 23 02 26.50 h m s Declination -67 02 25.4 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.09.24 12:33:58
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
PK15Q020 KC2015 09 24.21178 23 02 26.50 -67 02 25.4 17.9 N W96
PK15Q020 KC2015 09 24.22387 23 02 16.33 -67 02 35.1 17.9 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Exposure details 88x15s Air mass 1.4 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Chile Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 Sep 24 14h38m15s Observation modification date 2015 Sep 24 18h01m18s