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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 15 09h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.845 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.728 AU
Right ascension324.84783 °
Declination-13.99167 °
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 2017.05.15 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 05 15.38411 21 39 23.48 -13 59 30.0          15.4 N      W96
0029P         C2017 05 15.40029 21 39 23.66 -13 59 28.0          15.5 N      W96
0029P         C2017 05 15.41803 21 39 23.92 -13 59 26.0          15.5 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-15 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 60s
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 15 13h05m11s
Observation modification date2017 May 15 13h12m34s

(Record n° 17682)

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