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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 08h25 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.0 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.204 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.005 AU
Right ascension115.53063 °
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 configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)360 mm
Instrument focale length1728 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.8
FilterL
CameraPlayer One IMX571 Mono
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details3x1mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia3E
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia3E
Used softwaresTycho V13.6
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.86 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 02 16h43m44s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 02 16h47m05s

(Record n° 32002)

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