67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Record n° 14692)
Orbital period : 6.42 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Nov 06 08h08 UT by Thierry Noel
(Copyright Thierry Noel)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.6 Aperture radius used for m2 5.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.601 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.800 AU Right ascension 10 59 51.92 h m s Declination +13 03 01.6 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.11.06 09:48:22
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0067P C2015 11 06.33902 10 59 51.92 +13 03 01.6 15.6 N W96
0067P C2015 11 06.34928 10 59 53.24 +13 02 56.8 15.6 N W96
0067P C2015 11 06.36027 10 59 54.61 +13 02 49.1 15.6 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 QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Exposure details 30x1mn Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.04 "/pix Image processing Astrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, crop) Remarks or comments Tracking rates set on comet orbital elements.
Moon at 9°. Observation submission date 2015 Nov 06 09h48m06s Observation modification date 2015 Nov 06 14h19m13s