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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 16 06h45 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.061 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.040 AU
Right ascension268.17079 °
Declination-31.02342 °
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 2015.03.16 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 03 16.28119 17 52 40.99 -31 01 24.3          17.9 N      W96
0029P         C2015 03 16.30161 17 52 41.39 -31 01 25.7          17.6 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation32 °
Air mass1.74
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 16 08h42m19s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 16 08h42m56s

(Record n° 13533)

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