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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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 m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.601 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.800 AU
Right ascension10 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
Exposure details30x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking rates set on comet orbital elements. Moon at 9°.
Observation submission date2015 Nov 06 09h48m06s
Observation modification date2015 Nov 06 14h19m13s

(Record n° 14692)

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