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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 Aug 21 06h59 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.774 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.825 AU
Right ascension347.51292 °
Declination+1.32222 °
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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.08.21
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2018 08 21.29166 23 10 03.10 +01 19 20.0          15.7 N      W96
0029P         C2018 08 21.31382 23 10 02.55 +01 19 17.7          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2018 08 21.34054 23 10 01.88 +01 19 16.0          15.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
FilterNone
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 21 11h20m39s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 21 11h45m25s

(Record n° 19534)

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