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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 29 23h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.099 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.933 AU
Right ascension241.90071 °
Declination-28.38053 °
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 2014.10.29 and 30
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2014 10 29.99495 16 07 36.17 -28 22 49.9          16.5 N      W96
0029P        KC2014 10 30.00947 16 07 36.83 -28 22 50.5          16.4 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 elongation47 °
Air mass3.93
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Oct 30 02h36m44s
Observation modification date2014 Oct 30 02h37m36s

(Record n° 12845)

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