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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 12 02h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.311 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.324 AU
Right ascension11 15 50.40 h m s
Declination-02 49 04.6 ° ' "
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 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.12 09:38:50
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 12.08425 11 15 50.40 -02 49 04.6          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.09003 11 15 50.24 -02 49 03.9          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.09582 11 15 50.09 -02 49 03.3          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.10124 11 15 49.94 -02 49 02.7          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.10631 11 15 49.81 -02 49 01.9          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.11137 11 15 49.66 -02 49 01.5          16.5 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details45 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad Seeing
Observation submission date2026 Mar 12 10h16m32s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 12 10h35m23s

(Record n° 31073)

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