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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 Mar 02 22h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.97 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.310 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.341 AU
Right ascension169.95771 °
Declination-3.13253 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/4 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.03 00:01:50
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 02.93908 11 19 49.85 -03 07 57.1          15.4 r      C10
0029P        KC2026 03 02.94708 11 19 49.63 -03 07 56.3          15.3 r      C10
0029P        KC2026 03 02.95395 11 19 49.44 -03 07 55.4          15.2 r      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterRc (UBVRI)
CameraST8 XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60a Axis Instruments
AutoguideYes
Exposure details10 x 180s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.55 "/pix
Remarks or commentsCloudy
Observation submission date2026 Mar 03 00h06m37s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 03 00h08m38s

(Record n° 31034)

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