29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12016)
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 29 06h59 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 17 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.131 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.343 AU Right ascension 230.37258 ° Declination -28.97342 ° 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 2014.06.29
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 06 29.29131 15 21 29.42 -28 58 24.3 16.9 N W96
0029P C2014 06 29.30400 15 21 29.30 -28 58 22.4 17.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide No Air mass 3.49 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2014 Jun 29 11h46m13s