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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 May 03 07h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m22.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.047 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.322 AU
Right ascension268.96613 °
Declination-31.67978 °
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 2015.05.03
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 05 03.29298 17 55 51.87 -31 40 47.2          17.0 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 05 03.32417 17 55 51.27 -31 40 47.4          16.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details26 x 120s
Moon elongation58 °
Air mass1.03
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 May 03 10h17m17s
Observation modification date2015 May 03 10h17m53s

(Record n° 13799)

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