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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 27 00h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.108 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.603 AU
Right ascension235.73304 °
Declination-27.76703 °
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 2014.09.27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 09 27.01328 15 42 55.93 -27 46 01.3          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2014 09 27.03544 15 42 56.80 -27 46 02.4          16.3 N      W96
0029P         C2014 09 27.06743 15 42 58.06 -27 46 03.8          16.2 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 details20 x 60s
Moon elongation27 °
Air mass1.95
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Sep 27 04h14m52s
Observation modification date2014 Sep 27 04h15m34s

(Record n° 12628)

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