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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 21 07h50 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.060 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.958 AU
Right ascension268.58758 °
Declination-31.09831 °
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 2015.03.21 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 03 21.32673 17 54 21.02 -31 05 53.9          16.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 03 21.34131 17 54 21.21 -31 05 55.2          17.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Exposure details15 x 120s
Moon elongation104 °
Air mass1.27
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 21 09h36m53s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 21 11h46m37s

(Record n° 13544)

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