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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 Jul 18 02h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.831 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.901 AU
Right ascension323.46088 °
Declination-13.52281 °
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 2017.07.18 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 07 18.10922 21 33 50.61 -13 31 22.1          16.3 N      W96
0029P         C2017 07 18.15210 21 33 49.60 -13 31 25.0          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 07 18.18972 21 33 48.69 -13 31 26.8          16.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraQSI
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °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)1.59 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Jul 18 06h56m10s
Observation modification date2017 Jul 18 07h20m59s

(Record n° 17949)

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