78P/Gehrels (Record n° 4429)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2011 Aug 28 23h10 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.6 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.294 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.362 AU Right ascension 0.183 ° Declination +7.43522 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/5.8 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.09.01 02:06:46
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2011 08 28.96542 00 00 43.92 +07 26 06.8 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2011 08 28.97385 00 00 43.77 +07 26 05.3 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2011 08 28.98135 00 00 43.63 +07 26 04.9 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2011 08 28.99031 00 00 43.43 +07 26 02.7 14.7 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1740 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.8 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2011 Sep 05 01h13m57s