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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 Mar 10 08h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.158 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.823 AU
Right ascension239.65088 °
Declination-30.42211 °
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 2014.03.10 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 03 10.36838 15 58 36.21 -30 25 19.6          15.4 N      W96
0029P         C2014 03 10.37714 15 58 36.24 -30 25 20.5          15.4 N      W96
0029P         C2014 03 10.38630 15 58 36.27 -30 25 21.1          15.4 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 details44 x 30s
Moon elongation142 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Mar 10 11h20m33s
Observation modification date2014 Mar 10 11h22m06s

(Record n° 11386)

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