78P/Gehrels (Record n° 31746)
Perihelion distance : 2 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 6 °
Orbital period : 7.21 years
Eccentricity : 0.46
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Aug 09 03h15 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " r (dist/Sun) 2.038 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.510 AU Right ascension 84.40692 ° 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 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 Exposure details 18x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Aug 09 06h58m20s Observation modification date 2026 Aug 09 07h00m17s