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78P/Gehrels

Orbital period : 7.23 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Aug 02 02h11 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.4
Aperture radius used for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.395 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.653 AU
Right ascension23 59 50.84 h m s
Declination+07 18 55.8 ° ' "
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.08.02
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0078P         C2011 08 02.09112 23 59 50.84 +07 18 55.8          15.4 N      C10
0078P         C2011 08 02.09545 23 59 50.92 +07 18 56.5          15.4 N      C10
0078P         C2011 08 02.10537 23 59 51.10 +07 18 58.1          15.4 N      C10
0078P         C2011 08 02.11352 23 59 51.24 +07 18 59.5          15.4 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.6
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time1440 s
Exposure details12 x 120s
Seeing2
Moon elongation158 °
Air mass1.38
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalogUSNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 GIMP
Observation submission date2011 Aug 02 16h17m46s
Observation modification date2011 Aug 03 09h08m31s

(Record n° 4027)

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