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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 Aug 12 01h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.826 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.813 AU
Right ascension21 22 40.12 h m s
Declination-14 02 09.7 ° ' "
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 2017.08.12 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 08 12.06667 21 22 40.12 -14 02 09.7          16.0 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 12.12167 21 22 38.51 -14 02 14.5          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 12.18196 21 22 36.73 -14 02 19.3          16.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details15 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.59 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Aug 12 06h42m02s
Observation modification date2017 Aug 12 06h55m18s

(Record n° 18035)

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