78P/Gehrels (Record n° 8751)
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 19 00h09 UT by Philippe DupouyMagnitude (MPC m2) 16.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 3.472 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.491 AU Right ascension 153.18029 ° Declination +3.16769 ° 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 2013.02.22 03:57:10
AC2 obsdax@orange.fr
NET UCAC-3
0078P KC2013 02 19.00640 10 12 43.27 +03 10 03.7 17.0 N 958
0078P KC2013 02 19.03041 10 12 42.15 +03 10 09.9 16.8 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 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 25 23h53m22s