78P/Gehrels (Record n° 31928)
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 25 04h14 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.5 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.140 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.175 AU Right ascension 107.87897 ° Declination +17.68420 ° 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| | ABC1834| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-25T04:14:27Z |107.87897 |+17.68420 |0.19 |0.20 |0.28 | Gaia2|15.4 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.77 |1000| K|
78P| | ABC1834| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-25T04:33:47Z |107.88448 |+17.68283 |0.16 |0.17 |0.24 | Gaia2|15.5 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.89 |1000| K|
78P| | ABC1834| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-25T04:54:33Z |107.89037 |+17.68147 |0.16 |0.17 |0.23 | Gaia2|15.5 |0.05 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.97 |1000| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 120x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 25 05h37m36s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 25 05h38m40s