29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 9986)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Aug 31 00h47 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierNuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.8 " r (dist/Sun) 6.199 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.684 AU Right ascension 13 56 30.62 h m s Declination -21 11 09.0 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.31
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 08 31.03276 13 56 30.62 -21 11 09.0 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2013 08 31.06193 13 56 31.68 -21 11 12.3 17.7 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Sep 01 16h42m50s