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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 23 02h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 2.062 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.417 AU
Right ascension92.10183 °
Declination+20.20614 °
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 5
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.23 08:46:22
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0078P        KC2026 08 23.12054 06 08 24.44 +20 12 22.1          15.0 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 23.12769 06 08 25.34 +20 12 20.8          15.1 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 23.13484 06 08 26.26 +20 12 19.7          15.0 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 23.14341 06 08 27.35 +20 12 18.2          15.0 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 23.15197 06 08 28.43 +20 12 16.8          14.9 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-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details100 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 23 09h30m07s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 26 10h21m37s

(Record n° 31790)

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