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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 17 04h03 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.052 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.535 AU
Right ascension269.50829 °
Declination-31.48592 °
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 2015.04.17 05:47:14
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 17.16846 17 58 01.99 -31 29 09.3          17.7 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 17.20261 17 58 01.90 -31 29 10.8          17.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 17.23633 17 58 01.86 -31 29 12.8          17.1 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation94 °
Air mass2.29
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 07h59m58s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 17 08h06m09s

(Record n° 13690)

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