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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 30 08h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.951 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.115 AU
Right ascension296.40463 °
Declination-25.62411 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.355-m f/1.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.03.30 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 03 30.35066 19 45 37.11 -25 37 26.8          16.6 N      W96
0029P         C2016 03 30.37865 19 45 37.91 -25 37 24.7          16.5 N      W96
Instrument typeSchmidt-Newton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)355 mm
Instrument focale length674.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter1.9
FilterNone
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountFork mount (homemade)
AutoguideNo
Exposure details3 x 180s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.63 "/pix
Image processingImage obtenue en Remote avec art.spaceobs.com
Observation submission date2016 Mar 30 21h42m25s
Observation modification date2016 Mar 30 21h48m05s

(Record n° 15399)

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