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78P/Gehrels

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 22 22h14 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m29 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.120 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.215 AU
Right ascension354.05538 °
Declination+1.53753 °
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 2011.10.23 23:25:51
AC2 thierrynoel1@laposte.net
NET UCAC-3
0078P         C2011 10 22.92624 23 36 13.29 +01 32 15.1          14.0 N      B83
0078P         C2011 10 22.94625 23 36 13.11 +01 32 07.8          13.9 N      B83
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length1000 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.0
CameraSBIG ST7-XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
MountAtlas-EQG
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1800 s
Picture exposure details15x2mn
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)4.5
Observatory MPC codeB83
LocationGieres 38610 France
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.85 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add) + Iris (levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsLot of moisture
Observation submission date2011 Oct 23 23h36m29s
Observation modification date2011 Oct 23 23h44m45s

(Record n° 4974)

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