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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 16 05h54 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.026 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.139 AU
Right ascension260.65542 °
Declination-31.04944 °
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 2015.07.16 09:46:14
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 07 16.24607 17 22 37.30 -31 02 58.0          14.2 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 07 16.27639 17 22 36.60 -31 02 54.3          14.8 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
Air mass1.8
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 Jul 16 13h28m09s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 16 13h29m45s

(Record n° 14126)

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