| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
92P/Sanguin, also called Sanguin's CometorComet 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]
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