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21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Perihelion distance : 1.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 32 °
Orbital period : 6.52 years
Eccentricity : 0.71

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 25 03h05 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.448 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.820 AU
Right ascension108.56321 °
Declination-37.75164 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK W96 NEOCP 2018.11.25
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0021P         C2018 11 25.12824 07 14 15.17 -37 45 05.9          15.5 N      W96
0021P         C2018 11 25.15652 07 14 13.32 -37 45 30.0          15.5 N      W96
0021P         C2018 11 25.18554 07 14 11.39 -37 45 54.9          15.6 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
FilterNone
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details55 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 25 05h59m52s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 25 08h59m50s

(Record n° 20068)

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