78P/Gehrels (Record n° 31987)
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 m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.204 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.005 AU Right ascension 115.47922 ° 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 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 53x25s 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 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 16 05h40m45s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 16 05h45m13s