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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 23h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m23.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.018 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.427 AU
Right ascension259.01929 °
Declination-30.26372 °
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 12.98054 17 16 04.63 -30 15 49.4          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2015 08 13.01502 17 16 04.56 -30 15 44.6          16.7 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 details15 x 180s
Moon elongation138 °
Air mass1.03
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 Aug 13 09h18m05s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 13 09h20m13s

(Record n° 14264)

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