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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 29 23h43 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.116 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.191 AU
Right ascension231.90113 °
Declination-27.59367 °
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 2014.08.29 and 30
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 08 29.98814 15 27 36.27 -27 35 37.2          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 30.04081 15 27 37.60 -27 35 36.5          16.7 N      W96
0029P         C2014 08 30.07190 15 27 38.39 -27 35 36.3          16.7 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation33 °
Air mass1.15
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Aug 30 10h55m22s
Observation modification date2014 Aug 30 10h56m14s

(Record n° 12425)

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