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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 Oct 01 00h07 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.8
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.107 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.653 AU
Right ascension236.39879 °
Declination-27.82331 °
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 2014.10.01 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2014 10 01.00502 15 45 35.71 -27 49 23.9          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 01.01191 15 45 35.97 -27 49 24.2          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 01.01955 15 45 36.27 -27 49 24.7          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 01.02719 15 45 36.61 -27 49 25.0          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 01.03775 15 45 37.06 -27 49 25.5          13.8 N      W96
0029P         C2014 10 01.05303 15 45 37.62 -27 49 26.4          13.8 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 details30 x 60s
Moon elongation29 °
Air mass1.96
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 01 04h52m22s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 01 04h55m17s

(Record n° 12669)

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