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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 Nov 20 23h58 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.887 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.404 AU
Right ascension294.73621 °
Declination-23.32481 °
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 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 details15 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Nov 21 02h05m57s
Observation modification date2016 Nov 21 02h13m44s

(Record n° 16540)

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