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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 Oct 13 18h19 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m25.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.795 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.458 AU
Right ascension299.55608 °
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 configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Picture exposure details21x60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2025 Oct 13 21h49m09s
Observation modification date2025 Oct 15 10h16m35s

(Record n° 30128)

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