29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12263)
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 04 23h46 UT by Jean-Gabriel BoschMagnitude (MPC m2) 17 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 6.122 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.809 AU Right ascension 230.00442 ° Declination -27.85419 ° 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 2014.08.05 10:31:57
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 08 04.99051 15 20 01.06 -27 51 15.1 17.0 N W96
0029P KC2014 08 05.03261 15 20 01.47 -27 51 12.2 17.0 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QYH9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Autoguide No Air mass 1.5 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro ATacama Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2014 Aug 05 12h35m09s