21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 19584)
Orbital period : 6.54 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2018 Sep 02 03h36 UT by Francois KugelComa Total magnitude (m1) 8.7 Aperture radius used for m1 1.3 ' Nuclear magnitude (m2) 10.8 m2 standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius used for m2 13.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.020 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.404 AU Right ascension 05 08 08.86 h m s Declination +46 33 45.3 ° ' " MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.06-m f/5.8 refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.09.02 09:07:37
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0021P KC2018 09 02.14998 05 08 08.86 +46 33 45.3 10.8 V A77
0021P KC2018 09 02.15676 05 08 11.22 +46 33 08.6 10.8 V A77
0021P KC2018 09 02.16470 05 08 13.99 +46 32 25.7 8.7 T A77
Instrumental configuration Config4 Instrument type Refractor Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 60 mm Instrument focale length 348 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.8 Filter(s) Clear Camera ATIK460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2018 Sep 02 09h13m13s