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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 12 03h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.018 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.427 AU
Right ascension259.0355 °
Declination-30.28711 °
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 2015.08.12 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 08 12.13861 17 16 08.52 -30 17 13.6          16.9 N      W96
0029P         C2015 08 12.18508 17 16 08.37 -30 17 07.2          16.8 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 180s
Moon elongation147 °
Air mass1.37
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Aug 12 19h03m34s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 12 19h04m04s

(Record n° 14263)

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