21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 6013)
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 22 18h43 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 12.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.5 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.041 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.860 AU Right ascension 358.5185 ° Declination -2.60203 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.24 02:30:03
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0021P KC2012 02 22.77999 23 54 04.44 -02 36 07.3 12.4 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 22.78599 23 54 06.11 -02 36 01.9 12.6 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 22.79198 23 54 07.76 -02 36 00.4 12.9 N 958
0021P KC2012 02 22.79798 23 54 09.14 -02 35 59.4 13.6 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 Mar 19 03h12m25s