29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 2890)
Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2008 Feb 29 20h18 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.1 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 r (dist/Sun) 6.000 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.627 AU Right ascension 86.91475 ° Declination +29.34844 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.5-m f/3 reflector + CCD
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P C2008 02 29.84612 05 47 39.54 +29 20 54.4 16.2 N A77
0029P C2008 02 29.85381 05 47 39.60 +29 20 54.1 16.3 N A77
0029P C2008 02 29.86183 05 47 39.70 +29 20 52.0 15.9 N A77
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 500 mm Instrument focale length 1500 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Sensor CCD Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-B1.0
Observation submission date 2011 May 06 21h49m16s