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
2020-08-13 11:05:58 C 00 41 33.17 +12 15 09.8 – U I41
2020-08-13 14:39:23 C 00 41 33.48 +12 13 55.3 – V T05
2020-08-13 14:43:27 C 00 41 33.50 +12 13 53.7 – V T05
2020-08-13 14:54:26 C 00 41 33.49 +12 13 49.8 – V T05
2020-08-13 15:02:31 C 00 41 33.49 +12 13 46.7 – V T05
2020-08-14 08:50:46 C 00 41 35.21 +12 07 17.4 – V I41
2020-08-14 09:44:22 C 00 41 35.17 +12 06 57.8 – V I41
2020-08-14 11:06:42 C 00 41 35.11 +12 06 27.5 – V I41
2020-08-14 11:39:21 C 00 41 35.08 +12 06 15.2 – V I41
2020-08-14 14:37:46 C 00 41 35.133 +12 05 10.46 – U F52
2020-08-14 14:46:07 C 00 41 35.134 +12 05 07.46 – U F52
2020-08-14 14:54:26 C 00 41 35.122 +12 05 04.20 – U F52
2020-08-15 09:49:20 C 00 41 35.40 +11 57 55.0 – V I41
2020-08-15 11:53:13 C 00 41 35.13 +11 57 07.2 – V I41
2020-08-15 16:20:21 C 00 41 35.17 +11 55 24.0 – q Q11
2020-08-15 16:28:33 C 00 41 35.15 +11 55 21.0 – q Q11
2020-08-15 16:36:44 C 00 41 35.12 +11 55 17.7 – q Q11
2020-08-15 17:06:53 C 00 41 35.16 +11 55 06.3 – q D29
2020-08-15 17:27:15 C 00 41 35.11 +11 54 58.5 – q D29
2020-08-15 17:47:36 C 00 41 35.06 +11 54 50.7 – q D29
2020-08-16 12:03:52 C 00 41 33.58 +11 47 41.3 – V T08
2020-08-16 12:44:38 C 00 41 33.42 +11 47 25.1 – V T08
2020-08-16 12:58:32 C 00 41 33.38 +11 47 19.6 – V T08
2020-08-16 13:02:31 C 00 41 33.36 +11 47 17.9 – V T08
2020-08-17 11:54:19 C 00 41 30.05 +11 38 01.6 – V T05
2020-08-17 12:00:16 C 00 41 30.01 +11 37 59.2 – V T05
2020-08-17 12:05:08 C 00 41 29.99 +11 37 57.1 – V T05
2020-08-17 12:23:22 C 00 41 29.91 +11 37 49.6 – V T05
2020-08-20 09:37:47 C 00 41 09.42 +11 07 50.3 – U I41
2020-08-20 10:05:21 C 00 41 09.20 +11 07 37.8 – U I41
2020-08-20 11:07:22 C 00 41 08.66 +11 07 09.7 – U I41
2020-08-21 12:07:16 C 00 40 57.70 +10 55 39.5 – V T05
2020-08-21 12:15:13 C 00 40 57.63 +10 55 35.8 – V T05
2020-08-21 12:19:50 C 00 40 57.57 +10 55 33.5 – V T05
2020-08-21 12:46:23 C 00 40 57.32 +10 55 20.9 – V T05
2020-08-22 11:31:17 C 00 40 45.57 +10 44 31.9 – V T05
2020-08-22 11:33:55 C 00 40 45.54 +10 44 30.7 – V T05
2020-08-22 12:07:39 C 00 40 45.20 +10 44 14.5 – V T05
2020-08-22 12:11:44 C 00 40 45.15 +10 44 12.6 – V T05
2020-08-23 10:02:13 C 00 40 32.15 +10 33 30.7 – U I41
2020-08-23 11:08:59 C 00 40 31.63 +10 32 59.0 – V T08
2020-08-23 11:11:38 C 00 40 31.61 +10 32 57.9 – V T08
2020-08-23 11:31:45 C 00 40 31.36 +10 32 47.9 – V T08
2020-08-23 11:39:39 C 00 40 30.99 +10 32 42.4 – U I41
2020-08-23 11:40:23 C 00 40 31.27 +10 32 43.6 – V T08
2020-08-23 18:27:47 C 00 40 26.79 +10 29 19.5 – q D29
2020-08-23 18:48:09 C 00 40 26.54 +10 29 09.3 – q D29
2020-08-23 19:08:30 C 00 40 26.30 +10 28 59.1 – q D29
2020-08-24 09:31:02 C 00 40 16.72 +10 21 44.2 – V 703
2020-08-24 09:38:45 C 00 40 16.61 +10 21 40.6 – V 703