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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 2015 Jan 11 08h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Aperture radius for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.079 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.896 AU
Right ascension257.97779 °
Declination-30.00683 °
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 2015.01.11 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-
0029P        KC2015 01 11.36573 17 11 54.67 -30 00 24.6          17.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 01 11.37490 17 11 55.24 -30 00 26.0          17.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 60s
Air mass3.27
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 11 11h36m35s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 11 11h58m43s

(Record n° 13236)

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