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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 2018 May 23 09h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.783 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.996 AU
Right ascension347.94738 °
Declination-0.755 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. 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 2018.05.23
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2018 05 23.37824 23 11 47.37 -00 45 18.0          16.9 N      W96
0029P         C2018 05 23.39652 23 11 47.80 -00 45 13.6          17.3 N      W96
0029P         C2018 05 23.42099 23 11 48.39 -00 45 08.0          17.0 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-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.06 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 May 23 12h49m34s
Observation modification date2018 May 23 14h24m21s

(Record n° 19206)

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