78P/Gehrels (Record n° 7984)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Oct 30 02h48 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 r (dist/Sun) 2.964 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.249 AU Right ascension 152.23508 ° Declination +5.49869 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.11.02 03:36:03
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 10 30.11702 10 08 56.42 +05 29 55.3 17.0 N 958
0078P KC2012 10 30.13027 10 08 57.34 +05 29 48.0 17.5 N 958
0078P KC2012 10 30.14356 10 08 58.03 +05 29 41.8 17.3 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 Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Nov 21 03h51m41s