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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 15 00h14 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.999 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.378 AU
Right ascension263.68446 °
Declination-28.94111 °
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 2015.10.15 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 15.01000 17 34 44.27 -28 56 28.0          17.1 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 15.04219 17 34 45.52 -28 56 29.1          17.2 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 details10 x 120s
Moon elongation43 °
Air mass1.51
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 15 03h36m39s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 15 03h37m14s

(Record n° 14601)

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