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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Aug 17 04h44 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.775 AU
d (dist/Earth) 4.850 AU
Right ascension23 11 41.28 h m s
Declination+01 24 32.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. 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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.08.17 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2018 08 17.19725 23 11 41.28 +01 24 32.9          16.1 N      W96
0029P         C2018 08 17.21942 23 11 40.74 +01 24 31.8          16.0 N      W96
0029P         C2018 08 17.24600 23 11 40.10 +01 24 29.1          16.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE ALTA
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Aug 17 11h24m52s
Observation modification date2018 Aug 17 11h40m32s

(Record n° 19513)

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