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78P/Gehrels

Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2012 Dec 12 04h26 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.162 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.841 AU
Right ascension159.32271 °
Declination+1.72086 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.12.12
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P        KC2012 12 12.18440 10 37 17.45 +01 43 15.1          17.8 N      C10
0078P        KC2012 12 12.19367 10 37 17.61 +01 43 13.5          17.8 N      C10
0078P        KC2012 12 12.20427 10 37 17.78 +01 43 11.2          17.7 N      C10
0078P        KC2012 12 12.21948 10 37 18.05 +01 43 08.1          17.9 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details25 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation84 °
Air mass1.48
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Dec 12 08h50m42s
Observation modification date2012 Dec 14 14h22m27s

(Record n° 8169)

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