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
2016-08-26 07:48:41 S 17 13 46.19 +07 11 01.6 L C51
2016-08-26 07:48:51 S 17 13 46.20 +07 11 01.6 L C51
2016-08-27 06:23:27 C 17 14 57.582 +06 55 18.12 L F51
2016-08-27 06:40:32 C 17 14 58.464 +06 55 06.26 L F51
2016-08-27 06:57:34 C 17 14 59.342 +06 54 54.44 L F51
2016-08-27 07:14:38 C 17 15 00.225 +06 54 42.55 L F51
2016-09-07 06:38:47 C 17 30 17.77 +03 56 47.3 L T05
2016-09-07 06:57:19 C 17 30 18.91 +03 56 35.8 L T05
2016-09-07 07:15:14 C 17 30 19.98 +03 56 24.3 L T05
2016-09-07 07:32:39 C 17 30 21.08 +03 56 12.6 L T05
2016-09-27 05:50:24 C 18 03 36.30 -00 49 10.8 L T05
2016-09-27 06:05:57 C 18 03 37.46 -00 49 19.5 L T05
2016-09-27 06:06:42 C 18 03 37.49 -00 49 19.7 L T05
2016-09-27 06:28:24 C 18 03 39.11 -00 49 30.6 L T05
2016-09-27 06:29:09 C 18 03 39.18 -00 49 31.8 L T05
2016-09-27 06:45:00 C 18 03 40.36 -00 49 40.3 L T05
2016-09-27 06:46:30 C 18 03 40.46 -00 49 40.5 L T05
2016-09-27 07:00:42 C 18 03 41.58 -00 49 47.3 L T05
2017-09-19 14:25:00 C 04 34 11.936 +02 24 30.33 L F51
2017-09-19 14:37:14 C 04 34 12.118 +02 24 25.01 L F51
2017-09-19 14:49:30 C 04 34 12.301 +02 24 19.67 L F51
2017-09-19 15:01:46 C 04 34 12.488 +02 24 14.29 L F51
2017-09-20 11:00:19 C 04 34 31.34 +02 15 27.1 q 703
2017-09-20 11:08:09 C 04 34 31.48 +02 15 24.1 q 703
2017-09-20 11:23:48 C 04 34 31.62 +02 15 17.3 q 703
2017-09-20 12:38:42 C 04 34 33.03 +02 14 44.9 L T08
2017-09-20 12:48:20 C 04 34 33.03 +02 14 40.2 L T08
2017-09-20 12:58:45 C 04 34 33.28 +02 14 37.0 L T08
2017-09-20 13:08:21 C 04 34 33.36 +02 14 32.2 L T08
2017-09-25 10:37:38 C 04 36 01.75 +01 21 21.0 q 703
2017-09-25 10:45:33 C 04 36 01.86 +01 21 17.2 q 703
2017-09-25 10:53:27 C 04 36 01.93 +01 21 13.3 q 703
2017-09-25 11:01:20 C 04 36 01.98 +01 21 09.6 q 703
2017-09-26 12:22:11 C 04 36 16.22 +01 09 23.1 L T05
2017-09-26 12:31:57 C 04 36 16.26 +01 09 18.6 L T05
2017-09-26 12:40:50 C 04 36 16.33 +01 09 14.3 L T05
2017-09-26 12:50:27 C 04 36 16.42 +01 09 10.0 L T05
2017-10-02 13:47:47 C 04 37 02.629 -00 00 19.29 L F51
2017-10-02 14:05:38 C 04 37 02.640 -00 00 27.98 L F51
2017-10-11 09:59:10 C 04 36 22.01 -01 46 34.2 U 703
2017-10-11 10:06:23 C 04 36 21.85 -01 46 38.0 U 703
2017-10-11 10:13:34 C 04 36 21.81 -01 46 42.0 U 703
2017-10-11 10:20:46 C 04 36 21.70 -01 46 45.4 U 703
2017-10-14 10:07:42 C 04 35 38.03 -02 23 20.9 U 703
2017-10-14 10:14:55 C 04 35 37.99 -02 23 24.1 U 703
2017-10-14 10:22:08 C 04 35 37.95 -02 23 29.6 U 703
2017-10-14 10:29:21 C 04 35 37.85 -02 23 33.4 U 703
2017-10-17 09:45:30 C 04 34 39.62 -02 59 58.0 U G96
2017-10-17 09:49:33 C 04 34 39.55 -02 59 59.7 U 703
2017-10-17 09:53:15 C 04 34 39.49 -03 00 01.9 U G96