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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 Sep 20 23h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.903 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.489 AU
Right ascension288.73363 °
Declination-25.17636 °
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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.09.20 and 21
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 09 20.97878 19 14 56.07 -25 10 34.9          16.8 N      W96
0029P         C2016 09 21.13734 19 14 56.60 -25 10 22.0          16.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 60s
Moon elongation129 °
Air mass1
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro D'Atacama Chli
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Sep 21 05h42m13s
Observation modification date2016 Sep 21 09h27m34s

(Record n° 16116)

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