29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 5853)
Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Feb 16 03h59 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.261 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.557 AU Right ascension 189.42933 ° Declination -13.48417 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.16 21:40:05
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P KC2012 02 16.16571 12 37 43.04 -13 29 03.0 16.4 N 958
0029P KC2012 02 16.17700 12 37 42.88 -13 29 02.9 16.6 N 958
0029P KC2012 02 16.18896 12 37 42.74 -13 29 02.2 16.5 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1575 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Observation submission date 2012 Feb 16 23h08m17s