78P/Gehrels (Record n° 5904)
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 19 18h50 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.032 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.274 AU Right ascension 31.94696 ° Declination +10.0985 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/5.8 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.20 23:14:25
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 02 19.78480 02 07 47.27 +10 05 54.6 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 19.79634 02 07 48.72 +10 06 01.0 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 19.80785 02 07 50.08 +10 06 07.8 14.7 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 19.81995 02 07 51.57 +10 06 14.4 14.5 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1740 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.8 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade 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 21 04h08m14s