78P/Gehrels (Record n° 31780)
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 22 03h17 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.95 " Magnitude band V r (dist/Sun) 2.060 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.424 AU Right ascension 91.57488 ° 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
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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 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 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Exposure details 7x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.85 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Aug 22 06h57m36s Observation modification date 2026 Aug 26 10h31m58s