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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 11 23h31 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.202 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.406 AU
Right ascension206.64646 °
Declination-20.69325 °
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 2013.08.11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 11.97981 13 46 35.15 -20 41 35.7          17.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 12.01667 13 46 36.16 -20 41 38.1          17.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterR (RGB)
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 X 120s
Moon elongation15 °
Air mass1.19
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 12 21h58m55s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 12 22h03m18s

(Record n° 9892)

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