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78P/Gehrels

Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46

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IAU/MPC elements


On 2025 May 09 09h11 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.0 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.511 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.204 AU
Right ascension309.62554 °
Declination-11.43253 °
MPC report
COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.05.09 12:52:20
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0078P        KB2025 05 09.38259 20 38 30.13 -11 25 57.1          19.1 G      X03
0078P        KB2025 05 09.39198 20 38 30.37 -11 25 55.2          18.9 G      X03
0078P        KB2025 05 09.40064 20 38 30.58 -11 25 53.2          19.0 G      X03
0078P        KB2025 05 09.40930 20 38 30.79 -11 25 51.1          19.0 G      X03
0078P        KB2025 05 09.41795 20 38 31.00 -11 25 49.0          18.7 G      X03
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
FilterL
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details7x2mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia EDR3
Used softwaresTycho V12.1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 May 09 15h26m47s
Observation modification date2025 May 09 15h28m40s

(Record n° 29697)

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