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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2013 Apr 17 06h35 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.222 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.242 AU
Right ascension13 55 28.38 h m s
Declination-23 35 36.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.04.17
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2013 04 17.27427 13 55 28.38 -23 35 36.1          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2013 04 17.29878 13 55 27.66 -23 35 33.5          15.8 N      W96
0029P         C2013 04 17.32252 13 55 27.00 -23 35 30.2          15.7 N      W96
0029P         C2013 04 17.34449 13 55 26.35 -23 35 27.6          15.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Observation submission date2013 Jun 21 21h44m32s

(Record n° 9646)

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