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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 May 16 20h27 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.3
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.97 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.876 AU
Right ascension10 59 02.67 h m s
Declination-00 53 29.9 ° ' "
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 13
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.17 09:40:05
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 16.85175 10 59 02.67 -00 53 29.9          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.86007 10 59 02.69 -00 53 29.6          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.86731 10 59 02.70 -00 53 29.6          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.87454 10 59 02.72 -00 53 29.5          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.88178 10 59 02.71 -00 53 29.3          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.89044 10 59 02.72 -00 53 29.0          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.89911 10 59 02.74 -00 53 29.1          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.90634 10 59 02.76 -00 53 28.7          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.91358 10 59 02.75 -00 53 28.3          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.92081 10 59 02.79 -00 53 28.0          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.92948 10 59 02.78 -00 53 28.0          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.93996 10 59 02.79 -00 53 28.1          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 16.94973 10 59 02.68 -00 53 26.1          17.4 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 details131 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad Seeing
Observation submission date2026 May 17 09h44m46s
Observation modification date2026 May 17 09h59m52s

(Record n° 31438)

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