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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 2013 Aug 09 23h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.203 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.376 AU
Right ascension206.42258 °
Declination-20.65806 °
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 2013.08.09 and 10
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 09.97130 13 45 41.42 -20 39 29.0          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 10.01355 13 45 42.52 -20 39 30.8          17.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 X 120s
Moon elongation40 °
Air mass1.16
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 10 15h15m30s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 10 15h17m18s

(Record n° 9889)

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