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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 2014 Jan 14 07h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.171 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.678 AU
Right ascension234.43904 °
Declination-28.23119 °
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 2014.01.14 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 01 14.33128 15 37 45.37 -28 13 52.3          17.3 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 01 14.34198 15 37 45.76 -28 13 54.1          17.3 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 01 14.35731 15 37 46.33 -28 13 57.1          17.1 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 01 14.37259 15 37 46.90 -28 13 59.7          17.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY 9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details55 x 60s
Moon elongation143 °
Air mass2.17
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jan 14 10h29m54s
Observation modification date2014 Jan 14 10h31m05s

(Record n° 10977)

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