78P/Gehrels (Record n° 8040)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2012 Nov 16 03h24 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 r (dist/Sun) 3.043 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.097 AU Right ascension 155.92571 ° Declination +3.72061 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.11.17 02:21:34
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 11 16.14207 10 23 42.17 +03 43 14.2 18.3 N 958
0078P KC2012 11 16.15424 10 23 42.75 +03 43 09.2 18.5 N 958
0078P KC2012 11 16.16642 10 23 43.31 +03 43 06.0 18.6 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 300 mm Instrument focale length 1890 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera SBIG ST8-XME Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount LX200 Motorization Yes Autoguide Yes Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2012 Nov 21 03h59m29s