29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 31208)
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 20 23h35 UT by Jean-Benoit de Vanssay
(Copyright Jean-Benoit de Vanssay)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 7 " r (dist/Sun) 6.312 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.332 AU Right ascension 168.00117 ° Declination -2.48211 ° MPC report COD A58
OBS J. B. de Vanssay
MEA J. B. de Vanssay
TEL 0.16-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.25 01:10:17
AC2 jb.devanssay@gmail.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P KC2026 03 20.98287 11 12 00.28 -02 28 55.6 16.2 R A58
0029P KC2026 03 20.99102 11 11 59.98 -02 28 55.7 16.1 R A58
0029P KC2026 03 20.99916 11 11 59.84 -02 28 54.3 16.2 R A58
Instrument Newton 160 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 160 mm Instrument focale length 528 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Filter None Camera 460EX Sensor CCD Sensor size 12.5x10 mm2 Sensor temperature 0 °C Binning 1x1 Motorization No Autoguide No Exposure total time 1800 s Exposure details 30x1mn Sky transparency (naked eye max mag) 3.5 Observatory MPC code A58 Location Montgeron Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares Astrometrica Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.75 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Mar 25 01h22m22s Observation modification date 2026 Mar 25 01h43m57s