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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 Apr 27 04h18 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.147 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.236 AU
Right ascension237.28408 °
Declination-30.93728 °
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 2014.04.27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 04 27.17936 15 49 08.18 -30 56 14.2          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 04 27.19250 15 49 07.83 -30 56 13.9          16.9 N      W96
0029P         C2014 04 27.21356 15 49 07.27 -30 56 12.9          16.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQ
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 X 120s
Moon elongation128 °
Air mass1.10
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Apr 27 08h30m50s
Observation modification date2014 Apr 27 08h31m41s

(Record n° 11684)

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