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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Mar 12 09h09 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.859 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.617 AU
Right ascension21 06 48.70 h m s
Declination-17 13 03.8 ° ' "
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 2017.03.12 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2017 03 12.38110 21 06 48.70 -17 13 03.8          16.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2017 03 12.40111 21 06 49.60 -17 12 59.5          16.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
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 catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.05 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Mar 12 10h50m39s
Observation modification date2017 Mar 12 11h52m01s

(Record n° 17302)

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