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21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Orbital period : 6.54 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2018 Nov 05 08h20 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.277 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.688 AU
Right ascension07 25 43.27 h m s
Declination-30 28 36.8 ° ' "
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 MPCReport file updated 2018.11.05 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0021P         C2018 11 05.34702 07 25 43.27 -30 28 36.8          15.0 N      W96
0021P         C2018 11 05.35769 07 25 43.18 -30 28 56.1          15.1 N      W96
0021P         C2018 11 05.36914 07 25 43.05 -30 29 18.0          15.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5
Filter(s)None
CameraAPOGEE
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Exposure details10 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.12 "/pix
Observation submission date2018 Nov 05 10h02m13s
Observation modification date2018 Nov 05 10h07m31s

(Record n° 19958)

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