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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 29 06h42 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.774 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.790 AU
Right ascension346.6605 °
Declination+1.11297 °
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 2018.08.29 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2018 08 29.27929 23 06 38.52 +01 06 46.7          16.4 N      W96
0029P        KC2018 08 29.29457 23 06 38.09 +01 06 45.2          16.2 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 details30 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 29 10h02m01s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 29 10h07m39s

(Record n° 19564)

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