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78P/Gehrels

Orbital period : 7.23 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Aug 22 00h25 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)13.9
Aperture radius used for m10.4 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)15
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter0.8 '
Tail position angle (PA)248 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.317 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.419 AU
Right ascension00 02 04.28 h m s
Declination+07 38 49.1 ° ' "
MPC report
COD B51
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.08.22 15:48:57
AC2 [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
NET USNO-A2.0
0078P         C2011 08 22.01736 00 02 04.28 +07 38 49.1          15.0 N      B51
0078P         C2011 08 22.02775 00 02 04.20 +07 38 48.5          15.0 N      B51
0078P         C2011 08 22.04129 00 02 04.09 +07 38 47.6          15.1 N      B51
0078P         C2011 08 22.01933 00 02 04.27 +07 38 48.9          13.9 T      B51
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)410 mm
Instrument focale length1353 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.3
Filter(s)None
CameraST8XME
SensorCCD
Binning1x1
Exposure total time1800 s
Air mass1.26
Observatory MPC codeB51
Location06 Vallauris
Reference stars catalogUSNO-A2.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2011 Aug 22 16h22m46s
Observation modification date2011 Aug 22 16h24m45s

(Record n° 4097)

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