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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 Aug 03 23h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.122 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.794 AU
Right ascension229.96275 °
Declination-27.87381 °
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 2014.08.03 and 04
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 03.98527 15 19 51.06 -27 52 25.7          16.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 04.03485 15 19 51.52 -27 52 22.4          17.0 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 elongation18 °
Air mass1.01
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 04 07h28m22s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 04 07h29m18s

(Record n° 12247)

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