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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 Jun 18 20h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.316 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.389 AU
Right ascension166.24067 °
Declination-1.17186 °
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 2026.06.19 07:54:42
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 06 18.87001 11 04 57.76 -01 10 18.7          17.0 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 06 18.88262 11 04 58.03 -01 10 19.6          17.2 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 06 18.89505 11 04 58.32 -01 10 20.9          17.1 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 details100 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Jun 19 08h15m33s
Observation modification date2026 Jun 19 08h19m07s

(Record n° 31550)

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