92P/Sanguin

92P/Sanguin
Discovery
Discovered byJuan G. Sanguin
Discovery dateOctober 15, 1977
Orbital characteristics
EpochNovember 17, 2014
Observation arc36 years
Number of
observations		896
Aphelion8.89 AU
Perihelion1.82 AU
Semi-major axis5.36 AU
Eccentricity.659521857266038
Orbital period12 years
Inclination19.44339335368171
Last perihelion2015-Mar-01
2002-Sep-23
Next perihelion2027-July-15[1]
TJupiter2.410
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.38 km
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		10.5

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ MPC
  2. ^ "92P/Sanguin". Small-Body Database Lookup. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ Snodgrass; et al. (June 25, 2011). "The nuclei of comets 7P/Pons-Winnecke, 14P/Wolf and 92P/Sanguin". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 444: 287–295. arXiv:astro-ph/0509115. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053237. S2CID 119473563.
  4. ^ Meech, K.J.; Hainaut, O.R.; Marsden, B.G. (August 2004). "Comet nucleus size distributions from HST and Keck telescopes". Icarus. 170 (2): 463–491. Bibcode:2004Icar..170..463M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.03.014.


Numbered comets
Previous
91P/Russell 		92P/Sanguin Next
93P/Lovas


Stub icon

This comet-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.