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
2017-10-17 09:57:32 C 04 34 39.39 -03 00 04.1 U 703
2017-10-17 10:00:57 C 04 34 39.36 -03 00 05.9 U G96
2017-10-17 10:05:20 C 04 34 39.30 -03 00 08.5 U 703
2017-10-17 10:08:32 C 04 34 39.23 -03 00 09.8 U G96
2017-10-17 10:13:16 C 04 34 39.21 -03 00 12.6 U 703
2017-10-21 17:46:59 C 04 32 48.45 -03 52 48.1 q D29
2017-10-21 18:09:54 C 04 32 47.83 -03 53 00.7 q D29
2017-10-21 18:32:49 C 04 32 47.45 -03 53 11.3 q D29
2017-10-22 11:25:55 C 04 32 26.61 -04 01 40.3 T08
2017-10-22 11:36:17 C 04 32 26.42 -04 01 45.6 T08
2017-10-22 11:46:42 C 04 32 26.15 -04 01 51.2 T08
2017-10-22 11:57:09 C 04 32 25.97 -04 01 55.6 T08
2017-10-23 09:51:49 C 04 31 57.54 -04 12 56.4 U 703
2017-10-23 09:59:06 C 04 31 57.35 -04 12 59.9 U 703
2017-10-23 10:06:16 C 04 31 57.17 -04 13 04.1 U 703
2017-10-23 10:13:27 C 04 31 57.00 -04 13 07.5 U 703
2017-10-25 10:03:52 C 04 30 50.58 -04 36 54.8 U G96
2017-10-25 10:15:58 C 04 30 50.31 -04 37 00.4 U G96
2017-10-25 10:23:33 C 04 30 50.12 -04 37 04.2 U G96
2017-10-26 09:35:35 C 04 30 15.81 -04 48 28.8 U 703
2017-10-26 09:43:24 C 04 30 15.56 -04 48 33.0 U 703
2017-10-26 09:51:11 C 04 30 15.38 -04 48 37.0 U 703
2017-10-26 09:58:58 C 04 30 15.19 -04 48 40.8 U 703
2017-10-28 11:12:26 C 04 28 57.85 -05 12 36.1 T05
2017-10-28 11:25:19 C 04 28 57.46 -05 12 42.3 T05
2017-10-28 11:37:22 C 04 28 57.16 -05 12 47.5 T05
2017-10-28 11:47:56 C 04 28 56.84 -05 12 53.2 T05
2017-10-29 08:17:26 C 04 28 22.84 -05 22 43.1 U 703
2017-10-29 08:25:22 C 04 28 22.63 -05 22 47.5 U 703
2017-10-29 08:33:17 C 04 28 22.37 -05 22 51.3 U 703
2017-10-29 08:41:12 C 04 28 22.12 -05 22 55.1 U 703
2017-10-30 10:30:50 C 04 27 37.92 -05 35 09.3 T08
2017-10-30 10:41:16 C 04 27 37.61 -05 35 14.2 T08
2017-10-30 10:51:39 C 04 27 37.30 -05 35 19.4 T08
2017-10-30 11:02:06 C 04 27 36.97 -05 35 24.6 T08
2017-10-30 12:22:09 C 04 27 34.536 -05 36 02.23 L F51
2017-10-30 12:40:20 C 04 27 33.980 -05 36 10.80 L F51
2017-10-30 12:58:26 C 04 27 33.429 -05 36 19.33 L F51
2017-10-30 13:16:38 C 04 27 32.875 -05 36 27.90 L F51
2017-11-09 10:49:46 C 04 19 38.84 -07 20 43.0 U T05
2017-11-09 11:02:54 C 04 19 38.32 -07 20 48.5 U T05
2017-11-09 11:14:48 C 04 19 37.89 -07 20 52.8 U T05
2017-11-09 11:26:23 C 04 19 37.42 -07 20 57.5 U T05
2017-11-11 10:40:18 C 04 17 51.42 -07 39 27.3 U T08
2017-11-11 10:50:56 C 04 17 51.06 -07 39 30.4 U T08
2017-11-11 11:01:11 C 04 17 50.57 -07 39 34.7 U T08
2017-11-11 11:11:28 C 04 17 50.27 -07 39 37.9 U T08
2017-11-13 10:25:52 C 04 16 01.22 -07 57 13.4 U T05
2017-11-13 10:35:12 C 04 16 00.88 -07 57 17.2 U T05
2017-11-13 10:37:18 C 04 16 00.77 -07 57 17.7 U T05