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P/2015 Q2 (Pimentel)

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 m28.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.824 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.192 AU
Right ascension23 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details88x15s
Air mass1.4
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Sep 24 14h38m15s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 24 18h01m18s

(Record n° 14492)

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