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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 18 01h44 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m211.06 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.043 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.166 AU
Right ascension267.80217 °
Declination-31.789 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.18 05:42:28
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 18.07247 17 51 12.52 -31 47 20.4          16.1 N      A77
0029P         C2015 05 18.09215 17 51 11.98 -31 47 20.5          16.2 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
FilterNone
CameraAtik460EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details5x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.58 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 18 05h44m59s
Observation modification date2015 May 18 05h55m17s

(Record n° 13874)

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