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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 29 06h23 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.040 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.086 AU
Right ascension266.58125 °
Declination-31.80297 °
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 2015.05.29 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 29.26603 17 46 19.50 -31 48 10.7          16.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 29.30375 17 46 18.39 -31 48 10.4          16.6 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 details25 x 120s
Moon elongation72 °
Air mass1.01
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 29 10h04m29s
Observation modification date2015 May 29 10h05m01s

(Record n° 13942)

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