29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 14154)
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 20 05h49 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.5 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 50 ' r (dist/Sun) 6.025 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.172 AU Right ascension 260.28929 ° Declination -30.94 ° 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 2015.07.20 11:48:07
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2015 07 20.24227 17 21 09.43 -30 56 24.0 15.7 N W96
0029P KC2015 07 20.24227 17 21 09.51 -30 56 25.2 15.4 N W96
0029P KC2015 07 20.27145 17 21 08.72 -30 56 20.4 16.5 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 3x3 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Exposure details 16x120sec Moon phase 180 ° Air mass 1.4 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Acatama W96 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.03 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/ Observation submission date 2015 Jul 20 13h50m32s Observation modification date 2015 Jul 20 17h31m00s