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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 22 03h17 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.95 "
Magnitude bandV
r (dist/Sun) 2.060 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.424 AU
Right ascension91.57488 °
Declination+20.25644 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F.Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 12
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.22 06:53:12
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0078P        KB2026 08 22.13670 06 06 17.97 +20 15 23.2          15.5 V      A77
0078P        KB2026 08 22.13942 06 06 18.48 +20 15 22.8          15.4 V      A77
0078P        KB2026 08 22.14214 06 06 18.98 +20 15 22.8          15.4 V      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraIMX492
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Exposure details7x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.85 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 22 06h57m36s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 26 10h31m58s

(Record n° 31780)

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