78P/Gehrels (Record n° 29888)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2025 Aug 04 01h41 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 6.4 " r (dist/Sun) 3.120 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.122 AU Right ascension 303.24854 ° Declination -10.52064 ° MPC report COD Y87
CON J.-G.Bosch
OBS J.-G.Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.25-m f/4.75 reflector + CMO
NUM 34
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.08.04 08:33:14
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0078P KB2025 08 04.07003 20 12 59.65 -10 31 14.3 16.8 G Y87
0078P KB2025 08 04.07839 20 12 59.20 -10 31 15.6 17.3 G Y87
0078P KB2025 08 04.08660 20 12 58.77 -10 31 17.3 17.6 G Y87
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6 Picture exposure details 80x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia DR2
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Aug 04 08h38m57s Observation modification date 2025 Aug 04 08h47m29s