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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 Oct 16 04h25 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.6
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.204 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.005 AU
Right ascension115.47922 °
Declination+15.49717 °
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|           | ABC1945| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T04:24:43Z   |115.47922  |+15.49717  |0.15 |0.22  |0.27  |   Gaia2|15.6 |0.08  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.87  | 450|    K|
    78P|           | ABC1945| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T04:32:19Z   |115.48081  |+15.49659  |0.14 |0.22  |0.26  |   Gaia2|15.6 |0.05  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.88  | 450|    K|
    78P|           | ABC1945| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T04:39:42Z   |115.48238  |+15.49605  |0.15 |0.21  |0.26  |   Gaia2|15.6 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.87  | 425|    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 details53x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 16 05h40m45s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 16 05h45m13s

(Record n° 31987)

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