29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 6420)
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 23 23h54 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.260 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.283 AU Right ascension 186.07417 ° Declination -12.82569 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.29 01:47:48
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P KC2012 03 23.99604 12 24 17.80 -12 49 32.5 16.7 N 958
0029P KC2012 03 24.01130 12 24 17.38 -12 49 30.9 16.9 N 958
0029P KC2012 03 24.02709 12 24 16.91 -12 49 28.6 16.6 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 Apr 05 01h05m38s