21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 6059)
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 Mar 10 18h58 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 13.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.100 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.910 AU Right ascension 16.67583 ° Declination -1.09033 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.12 03:44:17
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0021P KC2012 03 10.79046 01 06 42.20 -01 05 25.2 13.3 N 958
0021P KC2012 03 10.79519 01 06 43.25 -01 05 16.2 13.4 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 03h33m16s