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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 Aug 16 01h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.825 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.816 AU
Right ascension320.19304 °
Declination-14.12669 °
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 2017.08.16 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 08 16.05589 21 20 46.33 -14 07 36.1          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 16.10747 21 20 44.85 -14 07 41.1          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 08 16.16454 21 20 43.16 -14 07 45.3          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 details20 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 Aug 16 06h11m15s
Observation modification date2017 Aug 16 06h18m33s

(Record n° 18064)

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