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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 Oct 12 00h02 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Aperture radius for m24.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.000 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.336 AU
Right ascension263.23196 °
Declination-28.98556 °
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 2015.10.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 12.00141 17 32 55.67 -28 59 08.0          17.0 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 12.02586 17 32 56.60 -28 59 07.0          17.0 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 details15 x 120s
Moon elongation77 °
Air mass1.38
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 Oct 12 03h07m06s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 12 03h07m36s

(Record n° 14585)

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