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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 20 20h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.936 AU
Right ascension164.80792 °
Declination-0.87003 °
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 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.21 07:40:20
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 20.85294 10 59 13.90 -00 52 12.1          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 20.86742 10 59 13.94 -00 52 12.0          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 20.88332 10 59 14.00 -00 52 11.9          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 20.89920 10 59 14.06 -00 52 11.7          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 20.91368 10 59 14.13 -00 52 11.5          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 20.92959 10 59 14.19 -00 52 11.3          17.4 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details120 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 May 21 10h35m25s
Observation modification date2026 May 21 10h46m30s

(Record n° 31450)

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