29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 10880)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Dec 16 08h22 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.177 AU d (dist/Earth) 6.999 AU Right ascension 15 17 27.12 h m s Declination -26 42 51.9 ° ' " 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 2013.12.16
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2013 12 16.34827 15 17 27.12 -26 42 51.9 16.9 N W96
0029P KC2013 12 16.35978 15 17 27.44 -26 42 52.1 17.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -30 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 20 X 60s Moon elongation 158 ° Air mass 4.65 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Dec 16 10h14m02s Observation modification date 2013 Dec 16 10h15m59s