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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Feb 01 01h21 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.308 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.556 AU
Right ascension172.68513 °
Declination-3.71756 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 7
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.01 08:09:16
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 02 01.05591 11 30 44.43 -03 43 03.2          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.07833 11 30 44.07 -03 43 02.9          16.7 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.09914 11 30 43.74 -03 43 02.4          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.12430 11 30 43.32 -03 43 02.0          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.14709 11 30 43.00 -03 43 01.0          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.17456 11 30 42.51 -03 43 01.1          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 02 01.20134 11 30 42.08 -03 43 00.9          17.2 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details184 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad seeing and full moon
Observation submission date2026 Feb 01 08h15m22s
Observation modification date2026 Feb 01 08h21m04s

(Record n° 30936)

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