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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2016 Jun 20 09h19 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.928 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.994 AU
Right ascension19 46 50.30 h m s
Declination-25 32 35.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS 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/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.06.20 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2016 06 20.38821 19 46 50.30 -25 32 35.9          16.2 N      W96
0029P         C2016 06 20.41002 19 46 49.75 -25 32 36.8          16.3 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraQSI583
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details15 x 60s
Moon elongation28 °
Air mass1.29
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Jun 20 12h56m20s
Observation modification date2016 Jun 20 13h04m58s

(Record n° 15618)

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