29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 6553)
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 14 20h53 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.257 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.540 AU Right ascension 181.5675 ° Declination -10.71931 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.05.20 22:40:51
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0029P KC2012 05 14.86986 12 06 16.20 -10 43 09.5 15.7 N 958
0029P KC2012 05 14.88215 12 06 16.07 -10 43 07.8 15.8 N 958
0029P KC2012 05 14.89476 12 06 15.95 -10 43 05.3 15.9 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 May 23 02h05m09s