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
2020-09-17 20:12:59 C 00 26 21.30 +04 01 15.3 16.2 V N51
2020-09-17 20:19:11 C 00 26 21.06 +04 01 09.5 16.6 V N51
2020-09-18 08:19:34 C 00 25 57.58 +03 52 11.2 – U I41
2020-09-18 08:40:48 C 00 25 56.86 +03 51 55.4 – U I41
2020-09-18 09:30:12 C 00 25 55.45 +03 51 19.9 – V T05
2020-09-18 09:37:30 C 00 25 55.19 +03 51 14.3 – V T05
2020-09-18 09:44:51 C 00 25 54.93 +03 51 09.0 – V T05
2020-09-18 10:24:53 C 00 25 53.56 +03 50 39.0 – V T05
2020-09-18 22:00:21 C 00 25 30.66 +03 41 54.4 – V K88
2020-09-18 22:07:18 C 00 25 30.41 +03 41 48.9 – V K88
2020-09-18 22:14:10 C 00 25 30.16 +03 41 44.2 – V K88
2020-09-20 10:09:58 C 00 24 18.49 +03 14 43.4 – V T08
2020-09-20 10:12:37 C 00 24 18.39 +03 14 41.4 – V T08
2020-09-20 10:18:38 C 00 24 18.17 +03 14 37.0 – V T08
2020-09-20 10:32:01 C 00 24 17.70 +03 14 26.8 – V T08
2020-09-21 07:17:31 C 00 23 35.96 +02 58 44.4 – U I41
2020-09-21 07:18:07 C 00 23 35.91 +02 58 44.3 – V 703
2020-09-21 07:25:41 C 00 23 35.63 +02 58 38.5 – V 703
2020-09-21 07:33:15 C 00 23 35.37 +02 58 33.0 – V 703
2020-09-21 07:34:27 C 00 23 35.36 +02 58 31.6 – U I41
2020-09-21 07:40:48 C 00 23 35.09 +02 58 27.0 – V 703
2020-09-21 08:37:08 C 00 23 33.15 +02 57 44.2 – U I41
2020-09-22 11:14:30 C 00 22 39.23 +02 37 37.7 – V T05
2020-09-22 11:19:49 C 00 22 39.03 +02 37 34.0 – V T05
2020-09-22 12:10:59 C 00 22 37.22 +02 36 55.0 – V T05
2020-09-22 12:51:35 C 00 22 35.77 +02 36 24.4 – V T05
2020-09-22 22:05:24 C 00 22 17.20 +02 29 23.5 – o L52
2020-09-22 22:50:36 C 00 22 15.62 +02 28 48.3 – o L52
2020-09-24 06:20:05 C 00 21 11.71 +02 05 01.0 – V 703
2020-09-24 06:27:39 C 00 21 11.44 +02 04 55.1 – V 703
2020-09-24 06:35:12 C 00 21 11.18 +02 04 49.3 – V 703
2020-09-24 06:42:45 C 00 21 10.92 +02 04 43.8 – V 703
2020-09-25 04:19:28 C 00 20 27.05 +01 48 24.5 – V G96
2020-09-25 04:27:32 C 00 20 26.76 +01 48 18.3 – V G96
2020-09-25 04:35:36 C 00 20 26.48 +01 48 12.4 – V G96
2020-09-25 04:43:40 C 00 20 26.19 +01 48 06.3 – V G96
2020-09-25 06:49:01 C 00 20 21.79 +01 46 31.6 – V I41
2020-09-25 06:49:41 C 00 20 21.76 +01 46 31.1 – V I41
2020-09-25 06:50:22 C 00 20 21.73 +01 46 30.7 – V I41
2020-09-25 07:43:16 C 00 20 20.12 +01 45 52.0 – V T05
2020-09-25 07:50:38 C 00 20 19.86 +01 45 46.8 – V T05
2020-09-25 08:06:36 C 00 20 19.29 +01 45 34.3 – V T05
2020-09-25 08:36:05 C 00 20 18.24 +01 45 12.1 – V T05
2020-09-25 11:15:20 C 00 20 12.546 +01 43 12.22 – U F52
2020-09-25 11:32:06 C 00 20 11.945 +01 42 59.55 – U F52
2020-09-25 11:48:57 C 00 20 11.342 +01 42 46.82 – U F52
2020-09-25 12:05:40 C 00 20 10.745 +01 42 34.25 – U F52
2020-09-26 06:22:18 C 00 19 33.77 +01 28 47.0 – V 703
2020-09-26 06:29:49 C 00 19 33.52 +01 28 41.3 – V 703
2020-09-26 06:37:21 C 00 19 33.24 +01 28 35.8 – V 703