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21P/Giacobini–Zinner

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interplanetary probe toward a 1998 encounter with Giacobini–Zinner, but that probe lacked the propellant for the necessary maneuvers and the project was abandoned.
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spacecraft, which passed through its plasma tail on September 11, 1985. Earlier in the same month the comet was observed by the
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During the apparition of 2018, the optical spectra have revealed the comet is depleted in carbon-chain molecules and
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is estimated to be 2.0 kilometers in diameter. During its apparitions, Giacobini–Zinner can reach about the 7-8th
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Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Part I: The Golden Age 1957–1982
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C/1680 V1 (Great Comet of 1680, Kirsch's Comet, Newton's Comet)
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Shinnaka, Yoshiharu; Kawakita, Hideyo; Tajitsu, Akito (2020).
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C/1743 X1 (Great Comet of 1744, Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux)
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on December 20, 1900. It was recovered two orbits later by
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OAA Computing and Minor Planet Sections 341: 339: 337: 335: 333: 2287:C/1887 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1887) 2262:C/1865 B1 (Great Southern Comet of 1865) 2197:C/1729 P1 (Comet of 1729, Comet Sarabat) 3327:Astronomical objects discovered in 1900 2297:C/1910 A1 (Great January Comet of 1910) 464:Ulivi, Paolo; Harland, David M (2007). 329: 297:Giacobini–Zinner was the target of the 18: 2237:C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet of 1843) 395: 393: 391: 7: 877:List of comets visited by spacecraft 428:(JPL#K182/14 Soln.date: 2021-Mar-23) 2322:C/1941 B2 (de Kock-Paraskevopoulos) 280:minimum orbit intersection distance 14: 2462:C/1992 J1 (Spacewatch–Rabinowitz) 2242:C/1847 T1 (Miss Mitchell's Comet) 200:0.018 AU (2,700,000 km) 3266: 3265: 2312:C/1927 X1 (Skjellerup–Maristany) 690: 684: 375:"21P/Giacobini-Zinner (NK 2191)" 25: 16:Periodic comet with 6 year orbit 2406:C/1970 K1 (White–Ortiz–Bolelli) 2292:C/1901 G1 (Great Comet of 1901) 2282:C/1882 R1 (Great Comet of 1882) 2257:C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861) 2232:C/1823 Y1 (Great Comet of 1823) 2227:C/1819 N1 (Great Comet of 1819) 2222:C/1811 F1 (Great Comet of 1811) 2217:C/1807 R1 (Great Comet of 1807) 2212:C/1769 P1 (Great Comet of 1769) 2207:C/1760 A1 (Great Comet of 1760) 2176:C/1577 V1 (Great Comet of 1577) 2171:C/1471 Y1 (Great Comet of 1472) 2166:C/1402 D1 (Great Comet of 1402) 2161:C/1264 N1 (Great Comet of 1264) 2156:X/1106 C1 (Great Comet of 1106) 819:Observational history of comets 349:(last observation:2013-04-01). 299:International Cometary Explorer 2441:C/1989 Y1 (Skorichenko–George) 2431:C/1989 W1 (Aarseth-Brewington) 1838:P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) 555:– Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net 1: 2426:C/1983 H1 (IRAS–Araki–Alcock) 908:C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) 278:). The comet currently has a 80:P/1913 U1; 1926 VI; 1933 III; 3292:Comets visited by spacecraft 2467:C/1993 Y1 (McNaught–Russell) 2389:C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka) 1989:D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy 9) 1898:57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 1390:57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 438:King, Bob (29 August 2018). 78:1900 III; P/1900 Y1; 1913 V; 1958:226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski 1330:45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková 1310:41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák 841:Extraterrestrial atmosphere 559:21P at Kronk's Cometography 3343: 2347:C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard) 2327:C/1947 X1 (Southern Comet) 2267:X/1872 X1 (Pogson's Comet) 2252:C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher) 872:List of missions to comets 84:1966 I; 1972 VI; 1979 III; 82:1940 I; 1946 V; 1959 VIII; 3312:Meteor shower progenitors 3261: 2632:C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) 2577:C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) 2277:C/1881 K1 (Comet Tebbutt) 2192:C/1702 H1 (Comet of 1702) 2151:C/-43 K1 (Caesar's Comet) 2117:67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko 1485:76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura 1440:67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko 1085: 1067: 1017:(Bernardinelli–Bernstein) 682: 639: 574: 468:. Springer. p. 281. 351:Jet Propulsion Laboratory 248:, while he was observing 236:, who observed it in the 24: 2337:C/1956 R1 (Arend–Roland) 2272:C/1874 H1 (Comet Coggia) 2247:C/1858 L1 (Comet Donati) 1470:73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1260:31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1250:29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 923:C/2021 J1 (Maury-Attard) 526:10.3847/1538-3881/ab7d34 495:The Astronomical Journal 205:Physical characteristics 73:Alternative designations 2812:de Kock–Paraskevopoulos 2667:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS) 1868:11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 1160:11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 1008:C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS) 851:Small Solar System body 564:Comet 21P – Comet Watch 282:to Earth of 0.035  224:(officially designated 92:Orbital characteristics 2647:C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden) 2642:C/2013 US10 (Catalina) 2487:C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse) 2384:C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki) 2364:C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines) 1963:271P/van Houten–Lemmon 1923:107P/Wilson–Harrington 1918:97P/Metcalf–Brewington 1888:54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT 1764:4015 Wilson–Harrington 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(Iwamoto) 943:C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 928:C/2021 A1 (Leonard) 517:2020AJ....159..203S 444:Sky & Telescope 274:(also known as the 58:Discovery date 21: 3150:Skorichenko–George 2745:Aarseth-Brewington 2697:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) 2617:C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) 2597:C/2010 X1 (Elenin) 2567:C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) 2527:C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) 2512:C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 2502:C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) 2436:C/1989 X1 (Austin) 2421:C/1980 E1 (Bowell) 2302:C/1911 O1 (Brooks) 2005:D/1770 L1 (Lexell) 1913:80P/Peters–Hartley 1628:162P/Siding Spring 1505:80P/Peters–Hartley 1370:53P/Van Biesbroeck 1295:38P/Stephan–Oterma 1003:C/2015 G2 (MASTER) 978:C/2018 C2 (Lemmon) 968:P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) 958:C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) 938:C/2020 F5 (MASTER) 898:C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) 548:Horizons Ephemeris 546:from JPL (Java) / 544:Orbital simulation 86:1985 XIII; 1992 IX 43:Discovered by 3307:Near-Earth comets 3279: 3278: 3257: 3256: 3253: 3252: 3249: 3248: 2864:IRAS–Araki–Alcock 2702:C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) 2572:C/2007 N3 (Lulin) 2379:C/1964 N1 (Ikeya) 2369:C/1963 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Discovered by
Michel Giacobini
Ernst Zinner
Alternative designations
Orbital characteristics
Epoch
Aphelion
AU
Perihelion
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period
yr
Inclination
MOID
Dimensions
periodic comet
Michel Giacobini
constellation
Aquarius
Ernst Zinner
variable stars
Beta Scuti
comet nucleus
magnitude
Giacobinids
meteor shower
Draconids
minimum orbit intersection distance

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