C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS) (Record n° 30987)
Perihelion distance : 5.48 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 37 °
Eccentricity : 0.99
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Feb 21 19h41 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " Right ascension 137.08446 ° Declination +29.79886 ° MPC report COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 14
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.02.23 19:07:37
NET APASS
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CK22Q78E KB2026 02 21.81997 09 08 20.27 +29 47 55.9 15.3 R A77
CK22Q78E KB2026 02 21.83059 09 08 20.02 +29 47 59.3 15.4 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 Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 15x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Feb 23 19h08m39s Observation modification date 2026 Feb 23 19h11m09s