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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 28 04h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.147 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.229 AU
Right ascension237.17363 °
Declination-30.92717 °
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 2014.04.28 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 04 28.18683 15 48 41.67 -30 55 37.8          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 04 28.19996 15 48 41.31 -30 55 37.4          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 04 28.21817 15 48 40.81 -30 55 38.1          16.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 X 120s
Moon elongation141 °
Air mass1.07
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Apr 28 12h39m47s
Observation modification date2014 Apr 28 12h42m47s

(Record n° 11687)

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