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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 May 06 08h52 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.847 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.871 AU
Right ascension324.19788 °
Declination-14.31783 °
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 2017.05.06 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 05 06.36918 21 36 47.49 -14 19 04.2          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 05 06.40023 21 36 48.10 -14 18 59.9          16.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 120s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 06 13h50m46s
Observation modification date2017 May 06 14h29m15s

(Record n° 17626)

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