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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 Apr 22 20h29 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Magnitude standard deviation0.4
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.314 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.562 AU
Right ascension165.29892 °
Declination-1.322 °
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 28
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.04.23 08:10:47
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0029P        KB2026 04 22.85325 11 01 11.74 -01 19 19.2          15.5 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 04 22.86192 11 01 11.64 -01 19 18.4          14.7 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 04 22.87005 11 01 11.53 -01 19 17.6          14.8 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 details83x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Apr 23 08h13m40s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 23 08h16m06s

(Record n° 31372)

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