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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

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 26 01h10 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.6
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.312 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.352 AU
Right ascension167.47888 °
Declination-2.28572 °
MPC report
COD Y87
CON J.-G. Bosch
OBS J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.25-m f/4.75 reflector + CMO
NUM 26
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.03.26 09:57:26
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0029P        KB2026 03 26.04880 11 09 54.93 -02 17 08.6          17.3 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 03 26.06154 11 09 54.80 -02 17 07.5          16.4 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 03 26.07415 11 09 54.49 -02 17 05.9          15.9 G      Y87
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
Camera 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature0 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Exposure details130x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Mar 26 09h59m11s
Observation modification date2026 Mar 26 17h05m13s

(Record n° 31217)

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