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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 25 04h14 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.140 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.175 AU
Right ascension107.87897 °
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 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
Picture exposure details120x25s
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 25 05h37m36s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 25 05h38m40s

(Record n° 31928)

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