92P/Sanguin

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92P/Sanguin
Discovery
Discovered by Juan G. Sanguin
Discovery date15 October 1977
Designations
P/1977 T2
P/1989 J1 [1]
  • 1977 XII, 1990 IV
  • 1977p, 1989z
Orbital characteristics [2] [3]
Epoch 27 February 2015 (JD 2457080.5)
Observation arc 38.33 years
Earliest precovery date13 September 1977
Number of
observations
1,001
Aphelion 8.897 AU
Perihelion 1.826 AU
Semi-major axis 5.361 AU
Eccentricity 0.65949
Orbital period 12.413 years
Inclination 19.444°
181.46°
Argument of
periapsis
163.80°
Mean anomaly 359.82°
Last perihelion1 March 2015
Next perihelion15 July 2027
TJupiter 2.410
Earth MOID 0.826 AU
Jupiter MOID 0.807 AU
Physical characteristics [4] [5]
Mean diameter
2.38 km (1.48 mi)
6.2 hours
0.04 (assumed)
Comet total
magnitude
(M1)
11.1
Comet nuclear
magnitude (M2)
14.5

92P/Sanguin, also called Sanguin's Comet or Comet Sanguin, is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on 15 October 1977, by Juan G. Sanguin at Leoncito Astronomical Complex. [2]

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Physical characteristics

Initial estimates suggest that the comet completes a single rotation approximately once every 6 days, [6] however this was revised to just only 6.2 hours. [5]

The nucleus of the comet has a radius of about 1.19 km (0.74 mi) based on observations by the Keck Observatory, assuming a geometric albedo of 0.04. [4]

References

  1. "Comet Names and Designations". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "92P/Sanguin – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. "92P/Sanguin Orbit". Minor Planet Center . Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 K. J. Meech; O. R. Hainaut; B. G. Marsden (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.
  5. 1 2 B. E. A. Mueller; N. H. Samarasinha (2018). "Further Investigation of Changes in Cometary Rotation". The Astronomical Journal. 156 (3): 107–114. arXiv: 1806.11158 . Bibcode:2018AJ....156..107M. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/aad0a1 .
  6. C. Snodgrass; A. Fitzsimmons; S. C. Lowry (2011). "The nuclei of comets 7P/Pons-Winnecke, 14P/Wolf and 92P/Sanguin" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 444 (1): 287–295. arXiv: astro-ph/0509115 . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053237 . S2CID   119473563.
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