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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Mar 18 20h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.5
m2 standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.312 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.328 AU
Right ascension11 12 54.68 h m s
Declination-02 33 51.6 ° ' "
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 12
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.19 06:46:17
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 03 18.84709 11 12 54.68 -02 33 51.6          16.9 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.87165 11 12 54.05 -02 33 48.1          16.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.89335 11 12 53.49 -02 33 45.2          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.91791 11 12 52.85 -02 33 41.7          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.93961 11 12 52.29 -02 33 38.8          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.96369 11 12 51.66 -02 33 35.4          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 18.98776 11 12 51.03 -02 33 32.1          16.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 19.00947 11 12 50.46 -02 33 29.1          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 19.03402 11 12 49.83 -02 33 25.6          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 19.05573 11 12 49.26 -02 33 22.7          16.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 19.07885 11 12 48.66 -02 33 19.5          16.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 03 19.10197 11 12 48.06 -02 33 16.4          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-20 °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 19 06h53m08s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 19 07h06m21s

(Record n° 31131)

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