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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 09 09h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m24.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.860 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.646 AU
Right ascension316.16138 °
Declination-17.40233 °
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 2017.03.09 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2017 03 09.38268 21 04 38.73 -17 24 08.4          16.9 N      W96
0029P        KC2017 03 09.40508 21 04 39.66 -17 24 03.6          16.6 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 details30 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 09 11h19m12s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 09 11h30m35s

(Record n° 17287)

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