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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 16 04h49 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.052 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.550 AU
Right ascension269.51483 °
Declination-31.47311 °
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 2015.04.16 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 04 16.20072 17 58 03.56 -31 28 23.2          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2015 04 16.23601 17 58 03.51 -31 28 24.5          16.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 04 16.27958 17 58 03.46 -31 28 26.3          16.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details3 x 120s
Moon elongation81 °
Air mass1.73
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 17 06h41m29s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 17 06h43m38s

(Record n° 13689)

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