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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 Sep 24 00h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.109 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.564 AU
Right ascension235.25258 °
Declination-27.72944 °
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 2014.09.24 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 09 24.02640 15 41 00.62 -27 43 46.0          15.7 N      W96
0029P         C2014 09 24.03515 15 41 00.96 -27 43 46.3          15.7 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 09 24.07105 15 41 02.29 -27 43 47.9          15.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details9 x 120s
Moon elongation62 °
Air mass2.06
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 24 13h54m11s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 24 14h35m41s

(Record n° 12600)

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