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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 Jun 21 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.133 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.270 AU
Right ascension230.97621 °
Declination-29.30433 °
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 2014.06.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 06 21.00126 15 23 54.29 -29 18 15.6          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2014 06 21.02165 15 23 53.87 -29 18 12.6          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 06 21.04594 15 23 53.38 -29 18 09.2          16.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation138 °
Air mass1.12
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jun 21 03h39m54s
Observation modification date2014 Jun 22 00h22m33s

(Record n° 11956)

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