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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 19 20h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.921 AU
Right ascension164.79254 °
Declination-0.87406 °
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 4
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.20 07:19:44
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 19.85036 10 59 10.21 -00 52 26.6          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 19.86195 10 59 10.24 -00 52 26.4          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 19.91542 10 59 10.40 -00 52 25.6          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 19.92841 10 59 10.46 -00 52 25.3          17.3 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details95 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsBad Seeing, Cirrus
Observation submission date2026 May 21 10h34m38s
Observation modification date2026 May 21 10h41m42s

(Record n° 31448)

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