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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 09 03h15 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.95 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.038 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.510 AU
Right ascension84.40692 °
Declination+20.68461 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 9
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.09 06:56:43
NET UCAC4
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0078P        KB2026 08 09.13551 05 37 37.66 +20 41 04.6          15.4 V      A77
0078P        KB2026 08 09.13784 05 37 37.99 +20 41 04.1          15.3 V      A77
0078P        KB2026 08 09.14016 05 37 38.29 +20 41 04.0          15.3 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details18x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 09 06h58m20s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 09 07h00m17s

(Record n° 31746)

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