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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 Dec 12 00h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
Coma diameter0.4 '
r (dist/Sun) 5.804 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.248 AU
Right ascension320.69071 °
Declination-12.97675 °
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/5.2 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.12.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 12 12.02027 21 22 45.77 -12 58 36.3          15.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 12 12.04364 21 22 46.57 -12 58 31.8          15.2 N      W96
0029P         C2017 12 12.06762 21 22 47.36 -12 58 28.5          15.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2080 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.2
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
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)1.07 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Dec 12 02h58m44s
Observation modification date2017 Dec 12 03h23m11s

(Record n° 18603)

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