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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 Nov 15 23h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.769 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.358 AU
Right ascension341.22779 °
Declination-1.02722 °
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 W96 NEOCP 2018.11.15 and 16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2018 11 15.99371 22 44 54.67 -01 01 38.0          16.6 N      W96
0029P        KC2018 11 16.04932 22 44 54.90 -01 01 38.2          16.3 N      W96
0029P        KC2018 11 16.11419 22 44 55.19 -01 01 38.8          16.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
FilterNone
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °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 Nov 16 04h44m08s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 16 04h45m05s

(Record n° 19993)

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