29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9898)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 12 23h26 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierNuclear magnitude (m2) 18.3 m2 standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius used for m2 3.4 " r (dist/Sun) 6.202 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.421 AU Right ascension 13 47 02.49 h m s Declination -20 42 44.4 ° ' " 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 2013.08.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 12.97662 13 47 02.49 -20 42 44.4 18.6 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 13.02045 13 47 03.59 -20 42 46.2 18.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) R (RGB) Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Moon elongation 8 ° Air mass 1.17 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Aug 13 17h35m08s