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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 12 20h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.3
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 29.81 h m s
Declination-02 47 20.7 ° ' "
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 10
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.13 07:29:06
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 12.87306 11 15 29.81 -02 47 20.7          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.89766 11 15 29.16 -02 47 17.3          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.91937 11 15 28.58 -02 47 14.5          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.94392 11 15 27.92 -02 47 11.1          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.96562 11 15 27.34 -02 47 08.3          16.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 12.99057 11 15 26.68 -02 47 05.0          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 13.01372 11 15 26.06 -02 47 01.9          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 13.03542 11 15 25.48 -02 46 59.0          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 13.04409 11 15 25.25 -02 46 57.9          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 13.05275 11 15 25.02 -02 46 56.7          16.3 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-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details80 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Mar 13 08h22m14s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 13 09h05m42s

(Record n° 31088)

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