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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 12 00h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.104 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.779 AU
Right ascension238.36004 °
Declination-28.00822 °
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 2014.10.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 12.01156 15 53 26.41 -28 00 29.6          16.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 12.02531 15 53 26.98 -28 00 30.7          16.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 12.03983 15 53 27.64 -28 00 31.8          16.8 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 elongation168 °
Air mass2.76
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2014 Oct 12 03h55m30s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 12 04h21m55s

(Record n° 12728)

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