Home

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 Oct 01 19h27 UT by Cedric Latge


(Copyright Cedric Latge)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
Tail position angle (PA)113 °
r (dist/Sun) 2.851 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.354 AU
Right ascension298.185 °
Declination-13.54247 °
MPC report
COD A05
CON C. Latge
OBS C. Latge
MEA C. Latge
TEL 0.23-m f/7 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.10.02 22:03:50
NET Gaia EDR3
0078P        KB2025 10 01.81013 19 52 44.40 -13 32 32.9          16.3 R      A05
0078P        KB2025 10 01.81407 19 52 44.52 -13 32 34.0          16.2 R      A05
0078P        KB2025 10 01.81801 19 52 44.54 -13 32 33.8          16.4 R      A05
InstrumentC9.25
Instrument typeSchmidt-Cassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)230 mm
Instrument focale length1610 mm
Instrument focale/diameter7
CameraASI2600MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountEQ6-R Pro
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details60x15s
Observatory MPC codeA05
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia EDR3
Used softwaresPRISM v11
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.66 "/pix
Image processingTycho Tracker
Observation submission date2025 Oct 02 22h05m29s
Observation modification date2025 Oct 02 22h09m57s

(Record n° 30086)

Home