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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 27 23h41 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.116 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.160 AU
Right ascension231.6915 °
Declination-27.59881 °
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 2014.08.27 and 28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 08 27.98674 15 26 45.96 -27 35 55.7          17.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 08 28.01052 15 26 46.49 -27 35 55.1          17.5 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details30 x 120s
Moon elongation55 °
Air mass1.13
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 28 09h36m30s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 28 09h37m19s

(Record n° 12397)

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