78P/Gehrels (Record n° 31790)
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 23 02h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.75 " Magnitude band r r (dist/Sun) 2.062 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.417 AU Right ascension 92.10183 ° 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 type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 875 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter None Camera ATIK 414 EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Exposure details 100 x 30s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) ATLAS2
Used softwares Tycho Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.5 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Aug 23 09h30m07s Observation modification date 2026 Aug 26 10h21m37s