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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 08 03h27 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.9
Aperture radius for m10.09 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.3
Aperture radius for m26.9 "
Coma diameter0.25 '
Afrho151909 cm
Afrho error2388 cm
r (dist/Sun) 6.046 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.264 AU
Right ascension268.64979 °
Declination-31.72425 °
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 2015.05.08 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 08.14369 17 54 35.95 -31 43 27.3          13.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 08.19394 17 54 35.04 -31 43 28.8          13.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterI Bessel
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning4x4
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details7 x 60s
Moon elongation15 °
Air mass1.26
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 08 16h37m53s
Observation modification date2015 May 09 10h27m54s

(Record n° 13813)

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