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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 24 21h36 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.315 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.996 AU
Right ascension164.89442 °
Declination-0.86406 °
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 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.05.25 07:58:29
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 05 24.89969 10 59 34.66 -00 51 50.6          17.1 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 24.91353 10 59 34.77 -00 51 50.3          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 05 24.92597 10 59 34.75 -00 51 50.5          17.6 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-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details200 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Remarks or commentsMoon : 5°
Observation submission date2026 May 25 08h20m53s
Observation modification date2026 May 25 08h22m40s

(Record n° 31473)

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