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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 Jul 13 05h53 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.4
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
Coma diameter23 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.027 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.117 AU
Right ascension260.95363 °
Declination-31.12806 °
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 2015.07.13 10:18:27
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 13.24523 17 23 48.87 -31 07 41.0          13.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 13.29260 17 23 47.70 -31 07 36.8          13.4 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 details33x2mn
Air mass1.3
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/
Observation submission date2015 Jul 13 12h29m17s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 13 12h31m42s

(Record n° 14098)

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