29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 12216)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2014 Aug 01 00h10 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 17.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 6.123 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.764 AU Right ascension 15 19 25.53 h m s Declination -27 56 10.1 ° ' " 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 2014.08.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2014 08 01.00662 15 19 25.53 -27 56 10.1 17.1 N W96
0029P KC2014 08 01.04903 15 19 25.84 -27 56 06.9 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 temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 30 x 120s Moon elongation 52 ° Air mass 1.02 Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2014 Aug 01 05h09m57s Observation modification date 2014 Aug 01 05h10m51s