78P/Gehrels (Record n° 8348)
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 20 02h52 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.061 AU d (dist/Earth) 3.059 AU Right ascension 156.63263 ° Declination +3.35033 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, J. B. de Vanssay
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.43-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.11.25 01:02:11
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2012 11 20.11937 10 26 31.83 +03 21 01.2 18.2 N 958
0078P KC2012 11 20.13343 10 26 32.41 +03 20 56.6 18.1 N 958
0078P KC2012 11 20.14749 10 26 33.01 +03 20 54.3 18.3 N 958
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 430 mm Instrument focale length 1161 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.7 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount home Meade Motorization Yes Autoguide No Observatory MPC code 958 Location Dax 40100 France Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-3
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Jan 02 00h22m11s