29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12367)
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 23 00h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.2 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.117 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.099 AU Right ascension 231.21321 ° Declination -27.62292 ° 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 2014.08.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2014 08 23.03090 15 24 51.17 -27 37 22.5 17.2 N W96
0029P C2014 08 23.06998 15 24 52.00 -27 37 21.2 17.2 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 Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 23 x 120s Moon elongation 113 ° Air mass 1.28 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Aug 23 14h11m23s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 23 14h15m12s