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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 Mar 02 07h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.065 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.264 AU
Right ascension266.65988 °
Declination-30.81731 °
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 2015.03.02 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 03 02.33199 17 46 38.37 -30 49 02.3          15.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 03 02.37081 17 46 39.52 -30 49 05.0          15.4 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 details25 x 120s
Moon elongation142 °
Air mass1.55
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Mar 02 11h25m24s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 02 11h26m44s

(Record n° 13479)

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