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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 20 00h11 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.2
Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.9
Aperture radius for m24.23 "
Coma diameter2.4 '
Afrho8103 cm
Afrho error455 cm
Right ascension171.09417 °
Declination-3.43953 °
MPC report
COD 511
CON F. Kugel
OBS Y.Degot Longhi
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 1.20-m f/6 reflector + CCD
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.26 09:32:48
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0029P        KC2026 02 20.00796 11 24 22.60 -03 26 22.3          14.5 R      511
0029P        KC2026 02 20.01205 11 24 22.50 -03 26 21.9          16.6 B      511
0029P        KC2026 02 20.01480 11 24 22.43 -03 26 21.6          15.2 V      511
Instrumental configurationConfig9
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)1200 mm
Instrument focale length7200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6
SensorCCD
Binning2x2
Exposure details15x30s
Observatory MPC code511
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.77 "/pix
Image processingaddition RVB
Observation submission date2026 Feb 26 09h40m24s
Observation modification date2026 Feb 26 09h55m37s

(Record n° 31007)

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