78P/Gehrels (Record n° 6178)
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 28 18h58 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.5 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.044 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.368 AU Right ascension 36.67858 ° Declination +11.49733 ° 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 2012.02.29 22:06:30
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 02 28.79037 02 26 42.86 +11 29 50.4 14.5 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 28.80542 02 26 44.76 +11 29 58.7 14.5 N 958
0078P KC2012 02 28.82097 02 26 46.76 +11 30 07.2 14.5 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 04h43m47s