78P/Gehrels (Record n° 5550)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Jan 09 18h07 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.009 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.848 AU Right ascension 12.31275 ° Declination +3.8235 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.01.27 04:38:47
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 01 09.75509 00 49 15.06 +03 49 24.6 14.1 N 958
0078P KC2012 01 09.76692 00 49 16.23 +03 49 30.2 14.2 N 958
0078P KC2012 01 09.77788 00 49 17.32 +03 49 35.4 14.2 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 660 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Camera Audine 400 Sensor CCD Sensor size 6.9x4.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 768x512 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Feb 16 02h59m12s