29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 6194)
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 Mar 07 00h03 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.362 AU Right ascension 187.85713 ° Declination -13.30725 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, M. Lavayssiere
MEA M. Lavayssiere
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.09 03:07:59
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P KC2012 03 07.00188 12 31 25.71 -13 18 26.1 15.9 N 958
0029P KC2012 03 07.01669 12 31 25.33 -13 18 25.3 15.9 N 958
0029P KC2012 03 07.03184 12 31 25.01 -13 18 24.2 15.7 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
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Mar 19 04h50m02s