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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2017 May 20 08h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.844 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.648 AU
Right ascension21 40 29.02 h m s
Declination-13 50 14.6 ° ' "
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 2017.05.20 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2017 05 20.35097 21 40 29.02 -13 50 14.6          16.1 N      W96
0029P         C2017 05 20.39354 21 40 29.48 -13 50 09.8          16.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
Filter(s)None
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA200
AutoguideYes
Exposure details25 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 20 13h12m56s
Observation modification date2017 May 20 14h01m47s

(Record n° 17700)

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