29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13545)
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 09h15 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 3.4 " r (dist/Sun) 6.060 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.958 AU Right ascension 268.59158 ° Declination -31.09908 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.03.13 16:37:44
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 03 21.38562 17 54 21.98 -31 05 56.7 17.2 N W96
0029P KC2015 03 21.39948 17 54 22.29 -31 05 58.0 17.5 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Exposure total time 2400 s Exposure details 20x120s Air mass 1.1 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2015 Mar 21 12h17m50s Observation modification date 2015 Mar 21 13h19m19s