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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 May 13 20h51 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
Coma diameter7.50 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.832 AU
Right ascension10 59 00.41 h m s
Declination-00 55 03.4 ° ' "
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 9
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.14 09:02:03
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 13.86891 10 59 00.41 -00 55 03.4          16.9 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.88482 10 59 00.40 -00 55 02.9          16.9 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.90073 10 59 00.39 -00 55 02.3          16.9 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.91663 10 59 00.39 -00 55 01.7          17.0 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.93252 10 59 00.38 -00 55 01.1          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.94699 10 59 00.38 -00 55 00.6          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.96289 10 59 00.38 -00 55 00.0          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.97878 10 59 00.36 -00 54 59.5          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 13.99326 10 59 00.36 -00 54 58.8          17.2 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
Filter(s)None
CameraATIK 414EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details80 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 May 14 09h20m08s
Observation modification date2026 May 14 10h40m51s

(Record n° 31432)

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