78P/Gehrels (Record n° 30140)
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 15 19h04 UT by Cedric Latge
(Copyright Cedric Latge)Magnitude (MPC m2) 16.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 6 " Tail position angle
(PA) 94.76 ° r (dist/Sun) 2.786 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.476 AU Right ascension 299.86983 ° Declination -13.85806 ° 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 2025.10.16 19:47:28
NET Gaia EDR3
0078P KB2025 10 15.79463 19 59 28.76 -13 51 29.0 17.0 R A05
0078P KB2025 10 15.80222 19 59 29.07 -13 51 29.4 16.8 R A05
0078P KB2025 10 15.80968 19 59 29.34 -13 51 30.2 16.6 R A05
Instrument C9.25 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 230 mm Instrument focale length 1610 mm Instrument focale/diameter 7 Camera ASI2600MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount EQ6-R Pro Motorization Yes Autoguide No Picture exposure details 107x15 Observatory MPC code A05 Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia EDR3
Used softwares Tycho Tracker Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.90 "/pix Observation submission date 2025 Oct 16 20h06m52s Observation modification date 2025 Oct 16 20h09m39s