78P/Gehrels (Record n° 6152)
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 21 19h19 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.4 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.034 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.295 AU Right ascension 32.99788 ° Declination +10.41572 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, M. Lavayssiere
MEA Ph. Dupouy, M. Lavayssiere
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.02.24 03:54:56
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 02 21.80464 02 11 59.49 +10 24 56.6 14.4 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 21.81811 02 12 01.16 +10 25 04.3 14.4 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 21.83219 02 12 02.91 +10 25 12.3 14.4 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1575 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 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 Mar 19 04h28m08s