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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 08 02h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.121 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.869 AU
Right ascension230.15063 °
Declination-27.79792 °
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 2014.08.08 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 08.10066 15 20 36.15 -27 47 52.5          17.3 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 08.13718 15 20 36.59 -27 47 50.3          17.3 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 elongation44 °
Air mass1.50
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 08 05h55m54s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 08 05h56m36s

(Record n° 12286)

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