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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 2016 Mar 10 09h15 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.957 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.413 AU
Right ascension293.64146 °
Declination-26.03203 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.10 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 03 10.38567 19 34 33.95 -26 01 55.3          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 10.40578 19 34 34.71 -26 01 53.4          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-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details12 x 120s
Air mass1.09
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Mar 10 11h22m23s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 10 11h35m19s

(Record n° 15256)

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