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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 May 17 22h35 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.891 AU
Right ascension164.76967 °
Declination-0.88431 °
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 23
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.18 07:50:58
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0029P        KB2026 05 17.94096 10 59 04.72 -00 53 03.5          16.3 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 05 17.94492 10 59 04.79 -00 53 03.7          16.8 G      Y87
0029P        KB2026 05 17.94477 10 59 04.77 -00 53 03.5          16.7 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 details37x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 May 18 07h53m54s
Observation modification date2026 May 18 07h59m46s

(Record n° 31441)

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