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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 Jul 30 00h30 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

r (dist/Sun) 5.917 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.942 AU
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
FilterNone
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details1 x 60s
Moon elongation145 °
Air mass1.55
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Jul 30 05h58m46s

(Record n° 15742)

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