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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 23 00h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.997 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.485 AU
Right ascension264.9735 °
Declination-28.827 °
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 2015.10.23
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 10 23.01021 17 39 53.64 -28 49 37.2          16.6 N      W96
0029P         C2015 10 23.04046 17 39 54.84 -28 49 35.5          16.8 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
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 120s
Moon elongation61 °
Air mass1.73
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Oct 23 03h17m19s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 23 03h17m47s

(Record n° 14640)

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