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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 Apr 21 22h04 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m27.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.259 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.335 AU
Right ascension183.07404 °
Declination-11.61869 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.300-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.04.21
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0029P         C2012 04 21.91974 12 12 17.77 -11 37 07.3          16.2 N      C10
0029P         C2012 04 21.92896 12 12 17.56 -11 37 06.2          16.1 N      C10
0029P         C2012 04 21.95430 12 12 17.04 -11 37 01.6          16.4 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1560 s
Exposure details13 X 120s
Seeing4
Moon elongation148 °
Air mass2.01
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Apr 22 01h28m21s
Observation modification date2012 Apr 22 14h13m16s

(Record n° 6465)

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