78P/Gehrels (Record n° 4950)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2011 Oct 15 21h06 UT by Thierry NoelMagnitude (MPC m2) 13.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 9 " r (dist/Sun) 2.138 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.195 AU Right ascension 354.44004 ° Declination +2.33292 ° MPC report COD B83
CON Thierry NOEL [thierrynoel1@laposte.net]
OBS T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.20-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.10.16 23:22:01
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET PPMXL
0078P C2011 10 15.87901 23 37 45.61 +02 19 58.5 13.9 N B83
0078P C2011 10 15.91469 23 37 44.87 +02 19 43.0 13.8 N B83
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 1000 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.0 Camera SBIG ST7-XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Atlas-EQG Autoguide Yes Sky transparency (naked eye max mag) 4 Observatory MPC code B83 Location Gieres 38610 France Reference stars catalog (ast) PPMXL
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2011 Oct 18 00h05m22s