29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13843)
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 12 06h26 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 13.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 4.2 " Coma diameter 0.67 ' r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.222 AU Right ascension 268.3285 ° Declination -31.75603 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.12 11:45:25
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 05 12.26794 17 53 18.84 -31 45 21.7 13.6 N W96
0029P C2015 05 12.28224 17 53 18.56 -31 45 22.6 13.5 N W96
Instrument 400 Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Picture exposure details 20x1mn Air mass 1.00 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 May 12 13h48m45s Observation modification date 2015 May 12 17h35m46s