21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 5911)
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 Feb 19 18h40 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 12.6 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.036 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.855 AU Right ascension 355.24346 ° Declination -2.84667 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.20 01:58:49
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0021P KC2012 02 19.77768 23 40 58.43 -02 50 48.0 12.6 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 19.78542 23 41 00.43 -02 50 45.9 12.6 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 19.79318 23 41 02.55 -02 50 43.2 12.6 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 19.79823 23 41 03.92 -02 50 40.7 12.5 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 21 04h11m12s