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78P/Gehrels

Orbital period : 7.23 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Oct 14 20h50 UT by Joel Nicolas


(Copyright Joel Nicolas)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.5
Aperture radius used for m11 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.9
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter2 '
Tail position angle (PA)255 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.141 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.193 AU
Right ascension23 38 04.83 h m s
Declination+02 27 21.6 ° ' "
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 2011.10.15 16:57:44
AC2 [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
NET USNO-A2.0
0078P         C2011 10 14.86822 23 38 04.83 +02 27 21.6          13.9 N      B51
0078P         C2011 10 14.87301 23 38 04.69 +02 27 19.8          13.9 N      B51
0078P         C2011 10 14.88116 23 38 04.53 +02 27 16.1          13.9 N      B51
0078P         C2011 10 14.88662 23 38 04.43 +02 27 13.8          13.9 N      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 time900 s
Air mass1.33
Observatory MPC codeB51
Location06 Vallauris
Reference stars catalogUSNO-A2.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2011 Oct 15 17h01m03s
Observation modification date2011 Oct 25 11h19m21s

(Record n° 4939)

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