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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 2017 Mar 06 09h16 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.861 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.673 AU
Right ascension315.60983 °
Declination-17.58778 °
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/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.03.06
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 03 06.38624 21 02 26.36 -17 35 16.0          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2017 03 06.40149 21 02 27.11 -17 35 12.6          15.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQSI 532
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Mar 06 10h50m54s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 06 11h24m17s

(Record n° 17276)

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