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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 08 00h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
Coma diameter0.78 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.105 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.735 AU
Right ascension237.62625 °
Declination-27.93622 °
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 2014.10.08 01:10:12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 08.00744 15 50 30.30 -27 56 10.4          16.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 08.02119 15 50 30.84 -27 56 11.7          16.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation127 °
Air mass2.34
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 08 09h17m14s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 08 09h20m09s

(Record n° 12707)

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