78P/Gehrels (Record n° 32002)
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 08h25 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.7 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.0 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.204 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.005 AU Right ascension 115.53063 ° Declination +15.48058 ° MPC report COD X03
CON J. L. Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse, H. Roy
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.36-m f/4.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.10.28 12:43:43
NET Gaia EDR3
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
0078P KB2026 10 16.35103 07 42 07.35 +15 28 50.1 15.7 G X03
0078P KB2026 10 16.35328 07 42 07.50 +15 28 49.2 15.6 G X03
0078P KB2026 10 16.35551 07 42 07.31 +15 28 49.3 15.9 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 360 mm Instrument focale length 1728 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.8 Filter L Camera Player One IMX571 Mono Sensor CMOS Sensor size 23.5x15.7 mm2 Sensor pixels number 6252x4176 Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Autoguide Yes Picture exposure details 3x1mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia3E Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia3E Used softwares Tycho V13.6 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.86 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Nov 02 16h43m44s Observation modification date 2026 Nov 02 16h47m05s