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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 May 11 21h29 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m220 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.258 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.506 AU
Right ascension181.69838 °
Declination-10.81906 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON Claudine Rinner
OBS C. Rinner
MEA C. Rinner
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
NET USNO A2
0029P        KC2012 05 11.89536 12 06 47.61 -10 49 08.6          14.8 R      A77
0029P        KC2012 05 11.90656 12 06 47.47 -10 49 07.1          15.1 R      A77
0029P        KC2012 05 11.91951 12 06 47.33 -10 49 05.5          14.4 R      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
Camerast2000xm
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
MountMeade modified
MotorizationYes
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15x3 mn
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO A2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2012 May 12 17h40m46s

(Record n° 6474)

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