21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 5587)
Perihelion distance : 1.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 32 °
Orbital period : 6.52 years
Eccentricity : 0.71
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Jan 25 18h10 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 12.1 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.061 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.869 AU Right ascension 327.93033 ° Declination -4.39025 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.04 02:57:53
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0021P KC2012 01 25.75704 21 51 43.28 -04 23 24.9 12.0 N 958
0021P KC2012 01 25.76427 21 51 45.10 -04 23 23.8 12.1 N 958
0021P KC2012 01 25.77220 21 51 47.17 -04 23 22.5 12.2 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 660 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Camera Audine 400 Sensor CCD Sensor size 6.9x4.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 768x512 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Feb 16 03h15m33s