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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
- Capture date
- 2018-11-03
- Nearest MPC J01 observation
0029P C2018 11 03.80878 22 44 46.08 -00 56 22.8 15.6 NQ#00gLJ01
- Distance to the Sun
- 5.769761 AU (863,144,000 km)
- Distance to the Earth
- 5.195893 AU (777,294,526 km)
- Approximate magnitude
- ≈ 17.1 (comet total; Horizons model estimate)
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- Source filename
- 29p-20181103-j01.jpg
- Image dimensions
- 1121 × 848
About this object
- Designation
- 29P
- Orbit class
- Jupiter-family Comet
Orbital parameters: Epoch 2459866.5 JD TDB · q = 5.78 au · e = 0.0448 · i = 9.36 deg · Ω = 312 deg · ω = 50.7 deg · T = 2458589.926 JD TDB