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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 18 23h18 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.201 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.508 AU
Right ascension207.48433 °
Declination-20.84208 °
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 2013.08.18 and 19
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 18.97113 13 49 56.24 -20 50 31.5          17.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 19.01173 13 49 57.63 -20 50 33.9          17.5 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 elongation85 °
Air mass1.25
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 19 05h41m47s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 19 05h43m42s

(Record n° 9923)

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