78P/Gehrels (Record n° 30050)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2025 Sep 18 19h55 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 2.911 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.253 AU Right ascension 297.67329 ° 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 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 -13 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 22x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Sep 19 08h42m31s Observation modification date 2025 Sep 19 09h14m08s