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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 21 19h40 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
Coma diameter7.24 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.314 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.551 AU
Right ascension11 01 24.66 h m s
Declination-01 21 02.8 ° ' "
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 2026.04.22 08:39:26
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 04 21.81935 11 01 24.66 -01 21 02.8          15.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.83419 11 01 24.48 -01 21 01.5          15.0 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.84866 11 01 24.28 -01 21 00.0          15.0 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.86678 11 01 24.03 -01 20 58.1          15.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.88125 11 01 23.85 -01 20 56.7          15.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.89573 11 01 23.67 -01 20 55.3          15.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.91308 11 01 23.42 -01 20 53.4          15.0 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.92755 11 01 23.24 -01 20 52.1          15.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.94487 11 01 23.02 -01 20 50.3          15.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.95934 11 01 22.82 -01 20 48.7          15.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.97382 11 01 22.62 -01 20 47.3          15.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 21.98248 11 01 22.52 -01 20 46.2          15.4 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 details150 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsCirrus
Observation submission date2026 Apr 22 08h46m33s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 22 09h25m24s

(Record n° 31370)

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