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
2020-08-24 09:46:29 C 00 40 16.54 +10 21 35.9 – V 703
2020-08-24 09:54:13 C 00 40 16.42 +10 21 32.0 – V 703
2020-08-26 11:27:44 C 00 39 38.55 +09 55 39.7 – V T05
2020-08-26 11:31:01 C 00 39 38.47 +09 55 37.7 – V T05
2020-08-26 12:03:21 C 00 39 37.98 +09 55 20.7 – V T05
2020-08-26 12:30:20 C 00 39 37.54 +09 55 06.0 – V T05
2020-08-27 11:42:45 C 00 39 17.30 +09 42 29.4 – V T08
2020-08-27 11:51:23 C 00 39 17.15 +09 42 24.7 – V T08
2020-08-27 12:01:21 C 00 39 16.99 +09 42 19.2 – V T08
2020-08-28 10:38:32 C 00 38 55.55 +09 29 43.0 – V I52
2020-08-28 10:46:57 C 00 38 55.40 +09 29 38.2 – V I52
2020-08-28 10:55:23 C 00 38 55.24 +09 29 33.5 – V I52
2020-08-28 11:03:48 C 00 38 55.10 +09 29 28.8 – V I52
2020-08-28 13:59:18 C 00 38 52.22 +09 27 51.4 – V T08
2020-08-28 14:50:13 C 00 38 51.31 +09 27 22.5 – V T08
2020-08-28 15:15:14 C 00 38 50.86 +09 27 08.3 – V T08
2020-08-28 15:17:55 C 00 38 50.80 +09 27 06.6 – V T08
2020-08-29 07:59:40 C 00 38 34.43 +09 17 35.2 – V I41
2020-08-29 09:32:23 C 00 38 32.69 +09 16 42.1 – V I41
2020-08-29 11:10:43 C 00 38 31.10 +09 15 46.9 – V T05
2020-08-29 11:15:21 C 00 38 31.02 +09 15 44.1 – V T05
2020-08-29 11:24:46 C 00 38 30.83 +09 15 38.8 – V T05
2020-08-29 11:41:26 C 00 38 30.50 +09 15 29.2 – V T05
2020-09-02 09:11:32 C 00 36 41.46 +08 19 23.9 – V I41
2020-09-02 09:32:56 C 00 36 40.97 +08 19 10.6 – V I41
2020-09-02 11:16:07 C 00 36 38.57 +08 18 06.1 – V I41
2020-09-07 18:06:49 C 00 33 35.77 +06 55 17.5 – q D29
2020-09-07 18:28:56 C 00 33 35.15 +06 55 02.5 – q D29
2020-09-07 18:51:03 C 00 33 34.53 +06 54 47.4 – q D29
2020-09-08 09:55:26 C 00 33 10.75 +06 44 30.8 – V T08
2020-09-08 09:58:05 C 00 33 10.67 +06 44 29.3 – V T08
2020-09-08 10:14:03 C 00 33 10.21 +06 44 18.1 – V T08
2020-09-08 10:26:03 C 00 33 09.87 +06 44 10.0 – V T08
2020-09-09 10:46:23 C 00 32 29.89 +06 27 21.2 – V T08
2020-09-09 10:49:02 C 00 32 29.80 +06 27 19.4 – V T08
2020-09-09 10:53:01 C 00 32 29.69 +06 27 16.6 – V T08
2020-09-09 11:00:20 C 00 32 29.46 +06 27 11.4 – V T08
2020-09-09 12:15:53 C 00 32 27.237 +06 26 18.78 – U F51
2020-09-09 12:32:29 C 00 32 26.747 +06 26 07.24 – U F51
2020-09-09 12:49:04 C 00 32 26.255 +06 25 55.67 – U F51
2020-09-09 19:50:45 C 00 32 14.59 +06 20 59.7 16.8 V N51
2020-09-09 19:54:01 C 00 32 14.50 +06 20 57.5 16.9 V N51
2020-09-09 19:59:21 C 00 32 14.34 +06 20 53.9 16.7 V N51
2020-09-09 20:03:33 C 00 32 14.21 +06 20 51.0 16.9 V N51
2020-09-09 20:09:48 C 00 32 14.02 +06 20 46.4 16.5 V N51
2020-09-09 20:15:06 C 00 32 13.87 +06 20 42.8 16.9 V N51
2020-09-09 20:20:43 C 00 32 13.70 +06 20 38.8 17.0 V N51
2020-09-09 20:23:59 C 00 32 13.61 +06 20 36.4 16.9 V N51
2020-09-09 23:38:36 C 00 32 08.22 +06 18 28.4 – V L66
2020-09-09 23:48:31 C 00 32 07.92 +06 18 21.4 – V L66