29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9663)
Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 May 29 23h59 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 4.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.215 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.386 AU Right ascension 204.59888 ° Declination -21.77928 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.05.29 and 30
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2013 05 29.99986 13 38 23.73 -21 46 45.4 17.3 N W96
0029P C2013 05 30.02000 13 38 23.40 -21 46 42.2 17.5 N W96
0029P C2013 05 30.04158 13 38 23.05 -21 46 38.8 17.4 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Jun 21 21h49m39s