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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 Oct 22 17h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.813 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.464 AU
Right ascension316.15458 °
Declination-14.64683 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.10.22
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2017 10 22.74358 21 04 37.10 -14 38 48.6          16.9 N      A77
0029P        KC2017 10 22.85904 21 04 37.81 -14 38 42.3          16.9 N      A77
0029P        KC2017 10 22.92617 21 04 38.22 -14 38 38.2          17.0 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterNone
CameraATIK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Oct 23 00h48m11s
Observation modification date2017 Oct 23 01h00m55s

(Record n° 18400)

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