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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 Jun 18 02h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.034 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.027 AU
Right ascension264.0215 °
Declination-31.6465 °
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 2015.06.18
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 06 18.12039 17 36 05.16 -31 38 47.4          16.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 06 18.17341 17 36 03.42 -31 38 45.0          16.4 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 details8 x 120s
Moon elongation156 °
Air mass1.08
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 Jun 18 11h52m28s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 18 11h56m06s

(Record n° 14006)

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