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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 2026 Aug 08 02h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.037 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.516 AU
Right ascension83.83221 °
Declination+20.70239 °
MPC report
COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.08 07:54:57
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0078P        KC2026 08 08.12269 05 35 19.73 +20 42 08.6          15.2 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 08.13164 05 35 20.97 +20 42 08.2          15.0 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 08.13918 05 35 22.02 +20 42 07.7          15.3 r      L27
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length875 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.5
FilterNone
CameraATIK 414 EX
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details60 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 08 09h11m05s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 08 13h18m38s

(Record n° 31743)

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