78P/Gehrels (Record n° 5867)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Feb 18 19h45 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 12.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 44 " r (dist/Sun) 2.030 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.264 AU Right ascension 31.45025 ° Declination +9.94881 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.06-m f/3.5 refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.18 23:06:01
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET NOMAD
0078P C2012 02 18.82329 02 05 48.06 +09 56 55.7 12.6 N A77
0078P C2012 02 18.84647 02 05 51.05 +09 57 04.4 12.7 N A77
0078P C2012 02 18.86615 02 05 52.30 +09 57 14.5 12.8 N A77
Instrument type Refractor Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 60 mm Instrument focale length 210 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter IR pro Camera st8300 sbig Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) NOMAD
Observation submission date 2012 Feb 19 00h13m21s