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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 23 23h34 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)12.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.024 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.199 AU
Right ascension259.98392 °
Declination-30.83458 °
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 2015.07.23 and 24
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 07 23.98193 17 19 56.14 -30 50 04.5          12.3 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.02042 17 19 55.40 -30 50 00.7          12.4 N      W96
0029P         C2015 07 24.07041 17 19 54.44 -30 49 55.6          12.3 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 details48 x 120s
Moon elongation54 °
Air mass1.16
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 Jul 24 12h43m31s
Observation modification date2015 Jul 24 12h44m45s

(Record n° 14184)

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