78P/Gehrels (Record n° 29989)
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 deviation 0.0 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 3.000 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.145 AU Right ascension 298.78317 ° 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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 21x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Aug 31 07h28m07s Observation modification date 2025 Aug 31 08h49m37s