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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2014 Mar 31 04h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.153 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.517 AU
Right ascension15 57 38.80 h m s
Declination-30 51 59.5 ° ' "
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 2014.03.31 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 03 31.19132 15 57 38.80 -30 51 59.5          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2014 03 31.21174 15 57 38.58 -30 52 00.5          17.1 N      W96
0029P         C2014 03 31.23664 15 57 38.28 -30 52 02.1          17.2 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation131 °
Air mass1.42
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Mar 31 08h37m18s
Observation modification date2014 Mar 31 08h38m15s

(Record n° 11509)

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