78P/Gehrels (Record n° 7615)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Sep 20 04h34 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.778 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.495 AU Right ascension 140.12271 ° Declination +10.33894 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.09.21 03:48:11
AC2 obsdax@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 09 20.19048 09 20 29.45 +10 20 20.2 18.0 N 958
0078P KC2012 09 20.19682 09 20 29.92 +10 20 15.9 17.5 N 958
0078P KC2012 09 20.20320 09 20 30.37 +10 20 17.0 17.8 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1890 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 Sep 23 02h23m42s