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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 Feb 24 07h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.161 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.048 AU
Right ascension239.06675 °
Declination-29.97875 °
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 2014.02.24 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 02 24.32237 15 56 16.02 -29 58 43.5          18.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 02 24.33551 15 56 16.20 -29 58 45.1          17.9 N      W96
0029P         C2014 02 24.35009 15 56 16.42 -29 58 47.1          18.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation27 °
Air mass1.20
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Feb 24 11h01m41s
Observation modification date2014 Feb 24 12h02m24s

(Record n° 11191)

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