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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 21 20h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.1
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 6.316 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.435 AU
Right ascension166.48946 °
Declination-1.24811 °
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 2
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.06.22 07:13:33
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0029P        KC2026 06 21.87129 11 05 57.47 -01 14 53.2          16.9 r      L27
0029P        KC2026 06 21.89013 11 05 57.71 -01 14 53.2          17.2 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 22 08h27m16s
Observation modification date2026 Jun 22 08h28m54s

(Record n° 31569)

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