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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 Sep 10 04h30 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.1
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.101 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.289 AU
Right ascension101.21959 °
Declination+19.02675 °
ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID     |trkSub  |mode|stn |obsTime                |ra         |dec        |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat  |mag  |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
    78P|           | ABC1760| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T04:29:54Z   |101.21959  |+19.02675  |0.22 |0.27  |0.35  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.63  | 275|    K|
    78P|           | ABC1760| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T04:39:29Z   |101.22283  |+19.02616  |0.22 |0.27  |0.35  |   Gaia2|15.2 |0.11  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.60  | 500|    K|
    78P|           | ABC1760| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-10T04:47:59Z   |101.22567  |+19.02556  |0.37 |0.40  |0.55  |   Gaia2|15.1 |0.07  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.35  | 500|    K|
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Exposure total time275 s
Exposure details77x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 10 05h10m19s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 10 05h17m20s

(Record n° 31837)

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