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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 Apr 03 05h47 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m23.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.056 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.749 AU
Right ascension269.31092 °
Declination-31.28889 °
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 2015.04.03 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 03.24114 17 57 14.62 -31 17 20.0          17.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 03.34840 17 57 15.40 -31 17 24.7          17.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details6 x 120s
Moon elongation90 °
Air mass1.11
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 Apr 03 10h45m54s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 03 11h01m18s

(Record n° 13597)

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