29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9698)
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 Jun 15 05h50 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 13.3 Aperture radius for m2 4.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.212 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.570 AU Right ascension 203.86363 ° Declination -21.14925 ° 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 2013.06.15 and 16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2013 06 15.24314 13 35 27.27 -21 08 57.3 13.3 N W96
0029P C2013 06 15.25627 13 35 27.18 -21 08 55.2 13.3 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 21h59m56s