78P/Gehrels (Record n° 8564)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Feb 03 01h45 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.402 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.478 AU Right ascension 156.11067 ° Declination +1.95992 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.02.12 00:57:54
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2013 02 03.07289 10 24 26.56 +01 57 35.7 17.7 N 958
0078P KC2013 02 03.08597 10 24 25.89 +01 57 40.1 17.8 N 958
0078P KC2013 02 03.09891 10 24 25.37 +01 57 42.3 17.8 N 958
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1575 mm Instrument focale/diameter 6.3 Camera Audine 1600 Sensor CCD Sensor size 13.8x9.2 mm2 Sensor pixels number 1536x1024 Sensor temperature -15 °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 2013 Feb 15 03h21m48s