29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 16311)
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 Oct 10 23h39 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 4.7 " r (dist/Sun) 5.897 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.797 AU Right ascension 289.65954 ° Declination -24.68781 ° 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 2016.10.10 and 11
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2016 10 10.98535 19 18 38.29 -24 41 16.1 17.2 N W96
0029P C2016 10 11.05692 19 18 39.56 -24 41 08.7 17.2 N W96
0029P C2016 10 11.13046 19 18 40.92 -24 41 03.2 16.7 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 5 x 60s Moon elongation 21 ° Air mass 1.03 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro D'Atacama Chli Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.55 "/pix Observation submission date 2016 Oct 11 05h29m10s Observation modification date 2016 Oct 11 09h13m55s