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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 27 19h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)16.2
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.314 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.620 AU
Right ascension11 00 17.71 h m s
Declination-01 11 36.8 ° ' "
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 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.04.28 08:41:21
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 04 27.82680 11 00 17.71 -01 11 36.8          16.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.83476 11 00 17.63 -01 11 35.9          16.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.84536 11 00 17.55 -01 11 35.3          16.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.85596 11 00 17.45 -01 11 34.3          16.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.86391 11 00 17.35 -01 11 33.4          16.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.88311 11 00 17.19 -01 11 32.6          16.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 04 27.88706 11 00 17.10 -01 11 31.6          16.3 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details55 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsMoon : <8°
Observation submission date2026 Apr 28 08h50m15s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 28 09h08m31s

(Record n° 31407)

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