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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.91 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 May 21 20h24 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)17.4
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.951 AU
Right ascension10 59 18.14 h m s
Declination-00 52 01.6 ° ' "
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 12
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.22 08:17:49
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 21.85005 10 59 18.14 -00 52 01.6          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.85729 10 59 18.16 -00 52 01.9          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.86452 10 59 18.20 -00 52 01.5          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.87176 10 59 18.23 -00 52 01.4          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.87900 10 59 18.26 -00 52 01.4          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.88763 10 59 18.30 -00 52 01.3          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.89627 10 59 18.32 -00 52 01.2          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.90351 10 59 18.35 -00 52 01.3          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.91076 10 59 18.40 -00 52 01.0          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.91800 10 59 18.42 -00 52 00.9          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.92665 10 59 18.44 -00 52 00.8          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 21.93530 10 59 18.49 -00 52 00.9          17.5 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details120 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 May 22 08h43m13s
Observation modification date2026 May 22 08h46m49s

(Record n° 31463)

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