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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 27 23h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.199 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.632 AU
Right ascension208.69179 °
Declination-21.08942 °
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 2013.08.27 and 28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 08 27.99471 13 54 46.03 -21 05 21.9          17.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 08 28.03117 13 54 47.22 -21 05 25.8          17.5 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
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 28 19h13m41s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 29 12h03m51s

(Record n° 9961)

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