29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 16540)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Nov 20 23h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 4.7 " r (dist/Sun) 5.887 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.404 AU Right ascension 19 38 56.69 h m s Declination -23 19 29.3 ° ' " 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 2016.11.20 and 21
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2016 11 20.99874 19 38 56.69 -23 19 29.3 17.5 N W96
0029P KC2016 11 21.02637 19 38 57.79 -23 19 25.4 17.7 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide Yes Exposure details 15 x 60s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.55 "/pix Observation submission date 2016 Nov 21 02h05m57s Observation modification date 2016 Nov 21 02h13m44s