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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 17 08h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.955 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.313 AU
Right ascension294.70321 °
Declination-25.87744 °
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 2016.03.17 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 03 17.37201 19 38 48.77 -25 52 38.8          15.1 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 17.38782 19 38 49.29 -25 52 37.3          15.1 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
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details12 x 120s
Moon elongation169 °
Air mass1.52
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 17 11h02m33s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 17 11h03m35s

(Record n° 15334)

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