78P/Gehrels (Record n° 9642)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2013 Apr 01 12h36 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 21.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 4.5 " r (dist/Sun) 3.648 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.864 AU Right ascension 147.41908 ° Declination +6.46519 ° MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.04.01
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0078P KC2013 04 01.52526 09 49 40.58 +06 27 54.7 21.1 N W96
0078P KC2013 04 01.53264 09 49 40.53 +06 27 58.2 21.2 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor pixels number 3326 x 2504 Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2013 Jun 21 21h42m33s