92P/Sanguin | |
Discoverer: | Juan G. Sanguin |
Discovery Date: | October 15, 1977 |
Epoch: | November 17, 2014 |
Observation Arc: | 36 years |
Obs: | 896 |
Aphelion: | 8.89 AU |
Perihelion: | 1.82 AU |
Semimajor: | 5.36 AU |
Eccentricity: | .659521857266038 |
Period: | 12 years |
Inclination: | 19.44339335368171 |
Tjup: | 2.410 |
Dimensions: | 2.38 km |
M1: | 10.5 |
Last P: | 2015-Mar-01 2002-Sep-23 |
Next P: | 2027-July-15 |
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.[1] It completes a single rotation approximately every 6 days.[2]
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.[3]