78P/Gehrels (Record n° 8574)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Jan 22 01h54 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.348 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.516 AU Right ascension 157.95217 ° Declination +1.33628 ° MPC report COD 958
OBS Ph. Dupouy, J. Laborde
MEA Ph. Dupouy
TEL 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.02.08 02:35:30
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2013 01 22.07957 10 31 48.52 +01 20 10.6 18.2 N 958
0078P KC2013 01 22.09161 10 31 48.00 +01 20 12.2 18.3 N 958
0078P KC2013 01 22.10360 10 31 47.61 +01 20 13.3 18.1 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 -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 03h24m56s