6478 Gault (1988 JC1)

⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.1927623143 ± 9.44e-09
Semi-major axis (a)2.3062895565 AU ± 1.99e-09
Inclination (i)22.80052294° ± 1.43e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)183.40651150° ± 2.71e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)83.60740043° ± 4.31e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)244.69736535° ± 3.48e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.2814112968°/day ± 3.64e-10
Perihelion dist (q)1.86172384 AU ± 2.18e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)2.75085527 AU ± 2.19e-08
Orbital Period3.50244036 yr ± 4.54e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)14.39
Rotation Period2.493 h
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-04
RMS Residual0.287″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeMBA
MOID0.992706 AU
Observations Used3992
Oppositions30
Arc Total1984-2026
First Observation Used1984-01-30
Last Observation Used2026-04-13
Observations (4286)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2012-04-25 05:25:07 C 10 03 06.74 +06 21 42.1 18.7 c 704
2012-05-17 03:55:53 C 10 18 55.21 +08 52 06.8 19.4 c 704
2012-05-17 04:12:02 C 10 18 55.91 +08 52 09.7 19.4 c 704
2012-05-17 04:28:13 C 10 18 56.54 +08 52 10.5 19.6 c 704
2012-06-11 03:27:30 C 10 48 49.64 +09 31 24.8 r G96
2012-06-11 03:37:28 C 10 48 50.25 +09 31 24.6 r G96
2012-06-11 03:47:33 C 10 48 50.83 +09 31 24.1 r G96
2012-06-11 03:57:42 C 10 48 51.40 +09 31 23.8 r G96
2012-06-14 04:00:53 C 10 53 05.24 +09 28 17.3 r G96
2012-06-14 04:08:53 C 10 53 05.71 +09 28 16.7 r G96
2012-06-14 04:16:20 C 10 53 06.18 +09 28 16.4 r G96
2012-06-14 04:23:51 C 10 53 06.61 +09 28 15.9 r G96
2013-06-14 10:22:58 C 23 54 06.04 +12 42 54.0 u 703
2013-06-14 10:32:50 C 23 54 06.55 +12 42 56.9 u 703
2013-06-14 10:42:50 C 23 54 07.12 +12 42 59.1 u 703
2013-06-14 10:52:45 C 23 54 07.66 +12 43 01.1 u 703
2013-08-15 03:29:13 C 00 43 03.86 +12 02 45.9 18.4 u J43
2013-08-15 03:46:58 C 00 43 03.84 +12 02 39.3 18.4 u J43
2013-08-15 04:04:37 C 00 43 03.82 +12 02 32.6 18.4 u J43
2013-08-15 04:22:19 C 00 43 03.79 +12 02 26.0 18.4 u J43
2013-08-28 06:01:08 C 00 40 41.93 +09 36 40.5 N I41
2013-08-28 09:46:41 C 00 40 38.15 +09 34 36.0 N I41
2013-08-28 10:39:47 C 00 40 37.23 +09 34 06.4 N I41
2013-09-02 07:55:35 C 00 38 28.55 +08 25 16.8 q 703
2013-09-02 08:03:45 C 00 38 28.43 +08 25 12.3 q 703
2013-09-02 08:12:01 C 00 38 28.24 +08 25 06.7 q 703
2013-09-02 08:20:16 C 00 38 28.03 +08 25 01.5 q 703
2013-09-16 04:58:42 C 00 29 29.99 +04 37 04.5 N I41
2013-09-16 05:58:24 C 00 29 28.02 +04 36 20.6 N I41
2013-09-16 06:45:31 C 00 29 26.46 +04 35 46.0 N I41
2013-09-24 07:53:22 C 00 23 02.60 +02 11 02.4 q 703
2013-09-24 08:03:08 C 00 23 02.24 +02 10 54.9 q 703
2013-09-24 08:12:59 C 00 23 01.93 +02 10 48.1 q 703
2013-09-24 08:22:56 C 00 23 01.58 +02 10 39.9 q 703
2013-09-24 08:56:43 C 00 23 00.38 +02 10 14.4 q G96
2013-09-24 09:04:15 C 00 23 00.11 +02 10 08.7 q G96
2013-09-24 09:11:53 C 00 22 59.84 +02 10 02.9 q G96
2013-09-24 09:19:29 C 00 22 59.57 +02 09 57.2 q G96
2013-09-26 04:03:31 C 00 21 32.37 +01 37 52.3 r Y00
2013-09-26 04:20:47 C 00 21 31.74 +01 37 39.8 r Y00
2013-09-26 04:43:26 C 00 21 30.94 +01 37 22.4 r Y00
2013-09-28 04:09:29 C 00 19 54.73 +01 01 43.8 N I41
2013-09-28 05:58:05 C 00 19 50.92 +01 00 23.0 N I41
2013-09-28 06:45:49 C 00 19 49.23 +00 59 47.5 N I41
2013-09-29 10:02:07 C 00 18 53.56 +00 39 30.5 q 703
2013-09-29 10:11:14 C 00 18 53.23 +00 39 23.7 q 703
2013-09-29 10:20:18 C 00 18 52.92 +00 39 17.4 q 703
2013-09-29 10:29:17 C 00 18 52.62 +00 39 10.8 q 703
2013-09-30 16:43:34 C 00 17 51.89 +00 16 50.7 q D29
2013-09-30 17:06:29 C 00 17 51.08 +00 16 33.9 q D29