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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 22 20h26 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) 5.966 AU
Right ascension164.84579 °
Declination-0.86497 °
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 2026.05.23 08:11:24
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 22.85113 10 59 22.99 -00 51 53.9          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.85836 10 59 23.00 -00 51 54.1          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.86560 10 59 23.03 -00 51 54.0          17.4 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.87284 10 59 23.09 -00 51 54.2          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.88008 10 59 23.10 -00 51 54.3          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.88873 10 59 23.17 -00 51 53.9          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.89738 10 59 23.18 -00 51 54.1          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.90463 10 59 23.23 -00 51 54.0          17.5 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.91186 10 59 23.25 -00 51 54.0          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.91910 10 59 23.28 -00 51 53.8          17.3 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.92775 10 59 23.33 -00 51 53.8          17.6 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 22.93641 10 59 23.38 -00 51 54.1          17.5 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 23 22h04m24s
Observation modification date2026 May 23 22h08m26s

(Record n° 31465)

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