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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 Jul 26 23h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.2
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.124 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.677 AU
Right ascension229.73483 °
Declination-28.05494 °
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 2014.07.26 and 27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 07 26.99432 15 18 56.36 -28 03 17.8          17.2 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 07 27.02741 15 18 56.49 -28 03 14.9          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-40 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details24 x 120s
Moon elongation109 °
Air mass1.00
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Jul 27 03h26m48s
Observation modification date2014 Jul 27 03h27m42s

(Record n° 12158)

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