21P/Giacobini-Zinner (Record n° 28952)
Perihelion distance : 1.01 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 32 °
Orbital period : 6.52 years
Eccentricity : 0.71
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2024 Oct 13 18h30 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 2.248 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.878 AU Right ascension 240.25146 ° Declination +1.66419 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 2
ACK MPCReport file updated 2024.10.14 17:07:01
NET APASS
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0021P KC2024 10 13.77115 16 01 00.35 +01 39 51.1 18.2 V A77
0021P KC2024 10 13.78655 16 01 01.67 +01 39 44.6 18.2 V A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 37x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2024 Oct 14 19h08m32s Observation modification date 2024 Oct 14 19h13m33s