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Periodic comet with 12 year orbit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
92P/Sanguin, also called Sanguin's Comet or Comet Sanguin, is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on October 15, 1977, by Juan G. Sanguin at Leoncito Astronomical Complex.[2] It completes a single rotation approximately every 6 days.[3]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Juan G. Sanguin |
Discovery date | October 15, 1977 |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | November 17, 2014 |
Observation arc | 36 years |
Number of observations | 896 |
Aphelion | 8.89 AU |
Perihelion | 1.82 AU |
Semi-major axis | 5.36 AU |
Eccentricity | .659521857266038 |
Orbital period | 12 years |
Inclination | 19.44339335368171 |
Last perihelion | 2015-Mar-01 2002-Sep-23 |
Next perihelion | 2027-July-15[1] |
TJupiter | 2.410 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 2.38 km |
Comet total magnitude (M1) | 10.5 |
The nucleus of the comet has a radius of about 1.2 kilometers based on observations by Keck, assuming a geometric albedo of 0.04.[4]
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