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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 17 19h32 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.6
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.313 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.509 AU
Right ascension11 02 20.19 h m s
Declination-01 28 09.7 ° ' "
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 14
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.04.18 06:41:45
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 04 17.81358 11 02 20.19 -01 28 09.7          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.82949 11 02 19.94 -01 28 08.0          13.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.84613 11 02 19.69 -01 28 06.0          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.86484 11 02 19.40 -01 28 04.0          13.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.88545 11 02 19.09 -01 28 01.7          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.90137 11 02 18.84 -01 28 00.0          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.91871 11 02 18.58 -01 27 58.0          13.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.93604 11 02 18.31 -01 27 56.1          13.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.95196 11 02 18.07 -01 27 54.3          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.97072 11 02 17.78 -01 27 52.3          13.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 17.98665 11 02 17.54 -01 27 50.7          13.7 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 18.00551 11 02 17.25 -01 27 48.5          13.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 18.02144 11 02 17.02 -01 27 46.7          13.8 r      L27
0029P         C2026 04 18.03122 11 02 16.87 -01 27 45.7          13.6 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 details10 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsPost-outburst
Observation submission date2026 Apr 18 07h07m49s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 18 07h09m11s

(Record n° 31346)

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