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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 24 00h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)13.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
Coma diameter0.30 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.005 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.068 AU
Right ascension260.9485 °
Declination-29.28122 °
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 2015.09.24 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 09 24.03603 17 23 47.64 -29 16 52.4          13.5 N      W96
0029P         C2015 09 24.05620 17 23 48.21 -29 16 51.4          13.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterR (RGB)
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 180s
Moon elongation43 °
Air mass1.33
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 24 09h07m54s
Observation modification date2015 Sep 24 09h10m04s

(Record n° 14491)

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