78P/Gehrels (Record n° 6338)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Mar 24 19h31 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 14.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.091 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.625 AU Right ascension 50.32421 ° Declination +15.01228 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.20-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.03.27 23:32:13
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 03 24.81311 03 21 17.81 +15 00 44.2 14.6 N 958
0078P KC2012 03 24.82627 03 21 19.57 +15 00 49.7 14.7 N 958
0078P KC2012 03 24.83770 03 21 21.09 +15 00 55.2 14.6 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 Apr 05 00h17m05s