IAA RAS IAA Minor Planet Database

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
2020-07-01 13:41:50 C 00 14 49.41 +13 56 15.9 – V T05
2020-07-01 13:46:26 C 00 14 49.65 +13 56 16.9 – V T05
2020-07-01 13:58:29 C 00 14 50.18 +13 56 18.9 – V T05
2020-07-02 13:58:26 C 00 15 56.16 +13 58 56.0 – V T08
2020-07-02 14:03:04 C 00 15 56.38 +13 58 56.5 – V T08
2020-07-02 14:22:21 C 00 15 57.23 +13 58 58.5 – V T08
2020-07-02 14:35:38 C 00 15 57.82 +13 59 00.1 – V T08
2020-07-03 08:39:20 C 00 16 46.88 +14 00 48.9 – V I41
2020-07-03 11:02:10 C 00 16 53.20 +14 01 03.9 – V I41
2020-07-03 14:03:32 C 00 17 01.26 +14 01 22.6 – V T08
2020-07-03 14:28:01 C 00 17 02.35 +14 01 25.4 – V T08
2020-07-03 14:43:24 C 00 17 03.00 +14 01 27.0 – V T08
2020-07-07 12:54:22 C 00 21 06.65 +14 09 05.4 – V T08
2020-07-07 13:04:37 C 00 21 07.06 +14 09 06.6 – V T08
2020-07-07 13:09:56 C 00 21 07.32 +14 09 06.9 – V T08
2020-07-07 13:25:45 C 00 21 07.93 +14 09 07.8 – V T08
2020-07-08 09:03:24 C 00 21 56.49 +14 10 18.3 – U I41
2020-07-08 11:03:36 C 00 22 01.27 +14 10 25.7 – U I41
2020-07-09 08:38:15 C 00 22 53.63 +14 11 33.9 – U I41
2020-07-09 10:56:28 C 00 22 59.05 +14 11 41.0 – U I41
2020-07-10 09:17:40 C 00 23 52.11 +14 12 39.9 – U I41
2020-07-10 11:26:56 C 00 23 57.03 +14 12 45.2 – U I41
2020-07-13 14:22:28 C 00 26 46.09 +14 14 38.6 – V T05
2020-07-13 14:46:14 C 00 26 46.92 +14 14 38.6 – V T05
2020-07-13 14:50:03 C 00 26 47.06 +14 14 38.6 – V T05
2020-07-13 14:56:21 C 00 26 47.31 +14 14 38.9 – V T05
2020-07-17 10:05:39 C 00 29 55.65 +14 13 51.9 – V I41
2020-07-17 10:53:00 C 00 29 57.13 +14 13 50.7 – V I41
2020-07-17 13:55:01 C 00 30 03.05 +14 13 46.8 – V T05
2020-07-17 13:57:39 C 00 30 03.11 +14 13 46.6 – V T05
2020-07-17 14:02:16 C 00 30 03.25 +14 13 46.5 – V T05
2020-07-17 14:27:26 C 00 30 04.01 +14 13 45.7 – V T05
2020-07-18 12:39:38 C 00 30 46.743 +14 13 00.70 – U F52
2020-07-18 12:55:16 C 00 30 47.218 +14 13 00.13 – U F52
2020-07-18 13:10:56 C 00 30 47.688 +14 12 59.59 – U F52
2020-07-18 13:26:35 C 00 30 48.159 +14 12 59.01 – U F52
2020-07-20 10:29:48 C 00 32 10.68 +14 10 46.7 – V I41
2020-07-20 11:26:25 C 00 32 12.30 +14 10 43.5 – V I41
2020-07-20 11:30:31 C 00 32 12.41 +14 10 43.2 – V I41
2020-07-21 10:38:27 C 00 32 52.77 +14 09 14.8 – V H06
2020-07-21 10:40:56 C 00 32 52.81 +14 09 14.2 – V H06
2020-07-21 13:28:07 C 00 32 57.64 +14 09 03.9 – V T05
2020-07-21 13:31:24 C 00 32 57.70 +14 09 03.2 – V T05
2020-07-21 13:35:21 C 00 32 57.84 +14 09 02.3 – V T05
2020-07-21 13:39:18 C 00 32 57.87 +14 09 00.4 – V T05
2020-07-21 13:43:16 C 00 32 57.98 +14 09 02.3 – V T05
2020-07-23 10:30:04 C 00 34 11.80 +14 05 24.1 – U I41
2020-07-23 11:02:55 C 00 34 12.63 +14 05 21.2 – U I41
2020-07-23 12:56:13 C 00 34 15.68 +14 05 12.0 – V T08
2020-07-23 13:10:54 C 00 34 16.04 +14 05 10.8 – V T08