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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 Feb 21 08h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.9
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.067 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.402 AU
Right ascension265.43446 °
Declination-30.68311 °
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 2015.02.21
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-
0029P         C2015 02 21.34403 17 41 44.27 -30 40 59.2          16.9 N      W96
0029P         C2015 02 21.36445 17 41 44.99 -30 41 00.3          16.9 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation99 °
Air mass1.65
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 Feb 21 10h05m47s
Observation modification date2015 Feb 21 10h06m25s

(Record n° 13436)

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