21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 3962)
Perihelion distance : 1.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 32 °
Orbital period : 6.52 years
Eccentricity : 0.71
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2011 Jul 07 23h38 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.715 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.149 AU Right ascension 229.24133 ° Declination +15.133 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.32-m f/6 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.07.08 15:36:48
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0021P KC2011 07 07.98460 15 16 57.92 +15 07 58.8 19.0 N 958
0021P KC2011 07 07.99494 15 16 57.85 +15 07 55.3 18.8 N 958
0021P KC2011 07 08.00617 15 16 57.44 +15 07 54.4 18.8 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 320 mm Instrument focale length 1920 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2011 Jul 13 00h29m16s