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21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Basic Information of 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 1.008783
Eccentricity 0.711086
Inclination (deg) 32.051800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 195.313600
Argument of perihelion (deg) 172.939900
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.524448

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-03-25T08:37:58.080
Period (years) 6.524448

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 10:00:20.06 -17:59:59.4 2.880 25.11 148.4 HIP 49042 10.21
2025-11-22 10:00:42.24 -18:08:32.3 2.874 24.54 149.6 HIP 49042 19.33
2025-11-23 10:01:03.15 -18:17:00.5 2.869 23.99 151.0 HIP 49120 16.78
2025-11-24 10:01:22.78 -18:25:23.8 2.863 23.43 152.4 HIP 49120 7.28
2025-11-25 10:01:41.13 -18:33:41.9 2.858 22.89 153.8 HIP 49120 2.62
2025-11-26 10:01:58.19 -18:41:54.7 2.852 22.35 155.3 HIP 49120 11.43
2025-11-27 10:02:13.96 -18:50:02.1 2.846 21.82 156.9 HIP 49120 20.31
2025-11-28 10:02:28.41 -18:58:03.8 2.841 21.30 158.6 HIP 49310 21.23
2025-11-29 10:02:41.55 -19:05:59.7 2.835 20.79 160.4 HIP 49310 21.76
2025-11-30 10:02:53.37 -19:13:49.7 2.829 20.29 162.2 HIP 49347 24.42
2025-12-01 10:03:03.86 -19:21:33.4 2.823 19.81 164.2 HIP 49347 19.62
2025-12-02 10:03:13.02 -19:29:10.8 2.817 19.34 166.2 HIP 49347 17.75
2025-12-03 10:03:20.83 -19:36:41.7 2.812 18.90 168.4 HIP 49177 18.77
2025-12-04 10:03:27.30 -19:44:05.9 2.806 18.47 170.6 HIP 49177 17.92
2025-12-05 10:03:32.41 -19:51:23.2 2.800 18.06 173.0 HIP 49177 19.76
2025-12-06 10:03:36.16 -19:58:33.5 2.794 17.68 175.5 HIP 49177 23.52
2025-12-07 10:03:38.55 -20:05:36.4 2.788 17.68 175.5 HIP 49209 24.52