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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 Aug 10 02h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.018 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.401 AU
Right ascension259.08458 °
Declination-30.34475 °
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 2015.08.10 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 08 10.09735 17 16 20.30 -30 20 41.1          17.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 08 10.14614 17 16 19.92 -30 20 35.7          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 180s
Moon elongation166 °
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 10 09h47m06s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 10 14h46m24s

(Record n° 14247)

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