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78P/Gehrels

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 31 03h13 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.75 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 2.078 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.362 AU
Right ascension96.27404 °
Declination+19.75339 °
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 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.31 08:01:29
NET ATLAS2
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
0078P        KC2026 08 31.13391 06 25 05.77 +19 45 12.2          15.3 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 31.14618 06 25 07.28 +19 45 09.4          15.3 r      L27
0078P        KC2026 08 31.15704 06 25 08.60 +19 45 07.0          15.2 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-5 °C
Binning1x1
MountPARAMOUNT ME
AutoguideNo
Exposure details45 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeL27
LocationDauban
Reference stars catalog (ast)ATLAS2
Reference stars catalog (phot)ATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.5 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Aug 31 06h36m23s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 04 21h24m38s

(Record n° 31810)

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