29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 11144)
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 Feb 21 05h52 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.162 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.097 AU Right ascension 238.86196 ° Declination -29.86911 ° 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 2014.02.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 02 21.24423 15 55 26.87 -29 52 08.8 17.3 N W96
0029P KC2014 02 21.25372 15 55 27.04 -29 52 09.5 17.9 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 temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2014 Feb 21 12h09m57s