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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 Sep 19 23h45 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m23.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.007 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.990 AU
Right ascension260.54304 °
Declination-29.35703 °
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 2015.09.19 and 20
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 09 19.98946 17 22 10.33 -29 21 25.3          17.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 09 20.02173 17 22 11.01 -29 21 22.2          17.9 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 120s
Moon elongation16 °
Air mass1.08
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 Sep 20 09h07m43s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 20 09h08m16s

(Record n° 14451)

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