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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 Sep 03 00h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.6
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.198 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.722 AU
Right ascension209.57008 °
Declination-21.28661 °
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 2013.09.03 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2013 09 03.02035 13 58 16.82 -21 17 11.8          17.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2013 09 03.05681 13 58 18.15 -21 17 16.1          17.6 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
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Observation submission date2013 Sep 04 03h29m03s

(Record n° 10004)

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