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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
2020-09-09 23:58:18 C 00 32 07.63 +06 18 14.6 – V L66
2020-09-10 00:08:13 C 00 32 07.33 +06 18 07.6 – V L66
2020-09-10 08:21:08 C 00 31 53.44 +06 12 14.6 – V 703
2020-09-10 08:28:46 C 00 31 53.21 +06 12 09.1 – V 703
2020-09-10 08:36:26 C 00 31 52.98 +06 12 03.8 – V 703
2020-09-10 08:42:19 C 00 31 52.81 +06 11 59.7 – V G96
2020-09-10 08:44:05 C 00 31 52.76 +06 11 58.6 – V 703
2020-09-10 08:49:43 C 00 31 52.58 +06 11 54.5 – V G96
2020-09-10 08:57:09 C 00 31 52.36 +06 11 49.3 – V G96
2020-09-10 09:04:33 C 00 31 52.14 +06 11 44.0 – V G96
2020-09-10 10:44:04 C 00 31 49.45 +06 10 35.3 – V T05
2020-09-10 10:49:23 C 00 31 49.28 +06 10 31.4 – V T05
2020-09-10 10:54:01 C 00 31 49.15 +06 10 28.2 – V T05
2020-09-10 11:01:21 C 00 31 48.93 +06 10 23.3 – V T05
2020-09-10 11:03:20 C 00 31 48.86 +06 10 21.3 – V T05
2020-09-11 10:38:15 C 00 31 07.771 +05 53 38.86 – V G37
2020-09-11 10:48:46 C 00 31 07.449 +05 53 31.33 – V G37
2020-09-11 11:00:22 C 00 31 07.094 +05 53 23.05 – V G37
2020-09-12 09:28:45 C 00 30 27.43 +05 37 19.3 – V I41
2020-09-12 10:21:19 C 00 30 25.78 +05 36 41.3 – V I41
2020-09-13 01:03:44 C 00 29 59.37 +05 26 04.2 – q L27
2020-09-13 01:38:06 C 00 29 58.27 +05 25 39.4 – q L27
2020-09-13 02:11:30 C 00 29 57.23 +05 25 15.3 – q L27
2020-09-14 00:24:13 C 00 29 16.62 +05 09 06.2 – V Z99
2020-09-14 00:28:46 C 00 29 16.50 +05 09 02.8 – V Z99
2020-09-14 00:33:21 C 00 29 16.37 +05 08 59.4 – V Z99
2020-09-14 00:37:55 C 00 29 16.22 +05 08 56.4 – V Z99
2020-09-14 06:47:06 C 00 29 04.94 +05 04 29.0 – V 703
2020-09-14 06:54:41 C 00 29 04.66 +05 04 23.3 – V 703
2020-09-14 07:02:16 C 00 29 04.45 +05 04 17.3 – V 703
2020-09-14 07:09:52 C 00 29 04.20 +05 04 11.6 – V 703
2020-09-14 08:55:45 C 00 29 00.738 +05 02 54.41 – V G37
2020-09-14 09:52:47 C 00 28 58.875 +05 02 12.62 – V G37
2020-09-14 10:13:20 C 00 28 58.208 +05 01 57.59 – V G37
2020-09-14 11:52:51 C 00 28 55.23 +05 00 46.4 – V T05
2020-09-14 11:58:12 C 00 28 55.06 +05 00 42.5 – V T05
2020-09-14 12:06:08 C 00 28 54.78 +05 00 36.6 – V T05
2020-09-14 12:56:29 C 00 28 53.14 +04 59 59.7 – V T05
2020-09-16 09:00:32 C 00 27 29.97 +04 27 30.4 – V T08
2020-09-16 09:44:16 C 00 27 28.51 +04 26 58.0 – V T08
2020-09-16 09:49:46 C 00 27 28.32 +04 26 54.0 – V T08
2020-09-16 09:53:47 C 00 27 28.21 +04 26 50.9 – V T08
2020-09-17 06:45:49 C 00 26 47.80 +04 11 18.3 – V 703
2020-09-17 06:53:28 C 00 26 47.55 +04 11 12.9 – V 703
2020-09-17 07:01:05 C 00 26 47.27 +04 11 07.1 – V 703
2020-09-17 07:08:43 C 00 26 47.04 +04 11 01.3 – V 703
2020-09-17 19:02:01 C 00 26 23.73 +04 02 08.3 16.6 V N51
2020-09-17 19:06:10 C 00 26 23.57 +04 02 04.6 16.3 V N51
2020-09-17 19:34:31 C 00 26 22.60 +04 01 43.8 16.5 V N51
2020-09-17 19:39:40 C 00 26 22.41 +04 01 39.9 16.1 V N51