78P/Gehrels (Record n° 6522)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Apr 16 20h20 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 15.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.150 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.850 AU Right ascension 63.28988 ° Declination +17.46892 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.05.04 02:39:42
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 04 16.84710 04 13 09.57 +17 28 08.1 15.2 N 958
0078P KC2012 04 16.85975 04 13 11.22 +17 28 11.3 15.2 N 958
0078P KC2012 04 16.87231 04 13 12.97 +17 28 15.0 15.3 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 May 23 01h51m34s