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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 19 05h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.051 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.507 AU
Right ascension269.48508 °
Declination-31.51336 °
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 2015.04.19 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 04 19.21253 17 57 56.42 -31 30 48.1          18.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 04 19.25800 17 57 56.22 -31 30 51.0          18.5 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 details30 x 120s
Moon elongation124 °
Air mass1.54
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 19 13h44m11s
Observation modification date2015 Apr 19 13h49m05s

(Record n° 13704)

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