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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 Dec 08 00h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.882 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.610 AU
Right ascension297.74913 °
Declination-22.60219 °
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 2016.12.08
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2016 12 08.03685 19 50 59.79 -22 36 07.9          17.2 N      W96
0029P        KC2016 12 08.04574 19 51 00.21 -22 36 06.8          17.3 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 details14 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 Dec 08 02h27m42s
Observation modification date2016 Dec 08 02h59m13s

(Record n° 16720)

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