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78P/Gehrels

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 30 20h22 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.000 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.145 AU
Right ascension298.78317 °
Declination-12.04275 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 22
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.08.31 07:26:09
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0078P        KC2025 08 30.84897 19 55 07.96 -12 02 33.9          16.8 R      A77
0078P        KC2025 08 30.85464 19 55 07.70 -12 02 36.0          16.8 R      A77
0078P        KC2025 08 30.86032 19 55 07.45 -12 02 38.0          16.8 R      A77
0078P        KC2025 08 30.85464 19 55 07.70 -12 02 35.9          16.8 R      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Picture exposure details21x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Aug 31 07h28m07s
Observation modification date2025 Aug 31 08h49m37s

(Record n° 29989)

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