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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 20 06h02 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter4 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.033 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.028 AU
Right ascension263.73758 °
Declination-31.61528 °
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 2015.06.20 10:21:16
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 06 20.25141 17 34 57.02 -31 36 55.0          16.7 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 06 20.27581 17 34 56.20 -31 36 53.6          16.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details22x2mn
Moon phase180 °
Air mass1.1
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Jun 20 12h23m25s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 20 16h35m28s

(Record n° 14023)

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