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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 Apr 22 08h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.944 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.746 AU
Right ascension298.415 °
Declination-25.32508 °
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 2016.04.22
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 04 22.35559 19 53 39.60 -25 19 30.3          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 22.38320 19 53 39.93 -25 19 29.3          17.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 04 22.41355 19 53 40.34 -25 19 29.1          17.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details35 x 120s
Moon elongation82 °
Air mass1.10
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 Apr 22 12h12m51s
Observation modification date2016 Apr 22 12h20m06s

(Record n° 15464)

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