21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 5956)
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 27 18h26 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 11.5 Aperture radius for m2 28 " r (dist/Sun) 1.053 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.870 AU Right ascension 3.92471 ° Declination -2.1755 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.08-m f/5 refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.28 06:20:47
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET NOMAD
0021P C2012 02 27.76828 00 15 41.93 -02 10 31.8 11.5 N A77
0021P C2012 02 27.77373 00 15 43.12 -02 10 24.7 11.5 N A77
0021P C2012 02 27.77995 00 15 45.09 -02 10 23.1 11.5 N A77
Instrument type Refractor Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 80 mm Instrument focale length 400 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5 Filter IR pro Sensor CCD Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) NOMAD
Observation submission date 2012 Feb 28 07h22m19s