78P/Gehrels (Record n° 30128)
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 13 18h19 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " r (dist/Sun) 2.795 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.458 AU Right ascension 299.55608 ° Declination -13.82831 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 6
ACK MPCReport file updated 2025.10.13 21:48:00
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0078P KB2025 10 13.76347 19 58 13.46 -13 49 41.9 16.6 R A77
0078P KB2025 10 13.76874 19 58 13.53 -13 49 43.5 17.0 R A77
0078P KB2025 10 13.77400 19 58 13.84 -13 49 42.9 16.4 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 IMX492 Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 21x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Oct 13 21h49m09s Observation modification date 2025 Oct 15 10h16m35s