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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 Sep 18 19h55 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.911 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.253 AU
Right ascension297.67329 °
Declination-13.03908 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 45
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.09.19 08:41:21
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0078P        KC2025 09 18.82967 19 50 41.59 -13 02 20.7          16.2 R      A77
0078P        KC2025 09 18.83549 19 50 41.59 -13 02 21.6          16.3 R      A77
0078P        KC2025 09 18.84092 19 50 41.56 -13 02 22.7          16.2 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-13 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Picture exposure details22x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Sep 19 08h42m31s
Observation modification date2025 Sep 19 09h14m08s

(Record n° 30050)

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