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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 17 19h38 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.311 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.327 AU
Right ascension11 13 21.15 h m s
Declination-02 36 13.1 ° ' "
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 12
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.18 07:32:37
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 17.81790 11 13 21.15 -02 36 13.1          16.8 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.83960 11 13 20.57 -02 36 10.1          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.86421 11 13 19.93 -02 36 06.8          16.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.88591 11 13 19.36 -02 36 03.7          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.90906 11 13 18.77 -02 36 00.5          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.93221 11 13 18.15 -02 35 57.3          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.95391 11 13 17.57 -02 35 54.4          16.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 17.97932 11 13 16.92 -02 35 50.9          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.00102 11 13 16.35 -02 35 47.9          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.02557 11 13 15.71 -02 35 44.6          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.03280 11 13 15.53 -02 35 43.6          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.04004 11 13 15.33 -02 35 42.5          16.6 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 details60 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Mar 18 07h45m25s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 18 08h01m48s

(Record n° 31122)

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