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
2020-10-12 07:07:45 C 00 07 29.71 -03 02 29.5 V I41
2020-10-12 12:30:10 C 00 07 20.79 -03 05 51.8 V T05
2020-10-12 12:38:06 C 00 07 20.58 -03 05 56.8 V T05
2020-10-12 12:44:02 C 00 07 20.43 -03 06 00.4 V T05
2020-10-12 12:59:53 C 00 07 19.96 -03 06 10.3 V T05
2020-10-12 23:30:33 C 00 07 03.47 -03 12 49.3 V 204
2020-10-12 23:57:33 C 00 07 02.72 -03 13 05.8 V 204
2020-10-13 06:42:22 C 00 06 52.21 -03 17 17.6 V I41
2020-10-13 06:43:03 C 00 06 52.20 -03 17 17.9 V I41
2020-10-14 05:36:12 C 00 06 16.94 -03 31 24.5 U I41
2020-10-14 07:09:26 C 00 06 14.43 -03 32 21.5 U I41
2020-10-14 07:25:43 C 00 06 14.258 -03 32 29.92 U F52
2020-10-14 07:43:16 C 00 06 13.784 -03 32 40.64 U F52
2020-10-14 08:00:54 C 00 06 13.310 -03 32 51.39 U F52
2020-10-14 08:18:32 C 00 06 12.833 -03 33 02.13 U F52
2020-10-14 09:38:22 C 00 06 10.68 -03 33 50.8 V T08
2020-10-14 09:48:35 C 00 06 10.40 -03 33 56.8 V T08
2020-10-14 09:53:14 C 00 06 10.28 -03 33 59.6 V T08
2020-10-14 10:08:36 C 00 06 09.87 -03 34 08.9 V T08
2020-10-15 05:27:07 C 00 05 41.24 -03 45 49.6 V 703
2020-10-15 05:34:49 C 00 05 41.04 -03 45 54.3 V 703
2020-10-15 05:42:32 C 00 05 40.84 -03 45 58.5 V 703
2020-10-15 05:50:15 C 00 05 40.61 -03 46 03.1 V 703
2020-10-16 05:31:49 C 00 05 06.49 -04 00 04.7 U I41
2020-10-16 06:36:57 C 00 05 04.85 -04 00 42.8 U I41
2020-10-16 09:34:04 C 00 05 00.63 -04 02 24.5 V T05
2020-10-16 09:38:42 C 00 05 00.53 -04 02 27.6 V T05
2020-10-16 09:49:18 C 00 05 00.28 -04 02 33.8 V T05
2020-10-16 10:07:12 C 00 04 59.79 -04 02 44.5 V T05
2020-10-18 06:21:20 C 00 04 00.04 -04 28 01.4 V 703
2020-10-18 06:30:43 C 00 03 59.69 -04 28 05.8 V 703
2020-10-18 06:40:07 C 00 03 59.49 -04 28 11.1 V 703
2020-10-18 06:49:31 C 00 03 59.25 -04 28 16.7 V 703
2020-10-18 09:21:51 C 00 03 55.98 -04 29 40.4 V T08
2020-10-18 09:27:09 C 00 03 55.87 -04 29 43.1 V T08
2020-10-18 09:37:08 C 00 03 55.63 -04 29 48.9 V T08
2020-10-18 10:29:06 C 00 03 54.42 -04 30 17.6 V T08
2020-10-19 03:06:00 C 00 03 33.34 -04 39 21.5 o W92
2020-10-19 04:11:55 C 00 03 31.82 -04 39 58.0 o W92
2020-10-19 07:58:43 C 00 03 27.415 -04 42 07.64 U F51
2020-10-19 08:15:45 C 00 03 27.031 -04 42 16.95 U F51
2020-10-19 08:32:47 C 00 03 26.649 -04 42 26.08 U F51
2020-10-20 09:02:01 C 00 02 56.96 -04 55 35.0 V T05
2020-10-20 09:09:58 C 00 02 56.77 -04 55 39.2 V T05
2020-10-20 09:42:04 C 00 02 56.10 -04 55 56.5 V T05
2020-10-20 09:47:22 C 00 02 55.98 -04 55 59.1 V T05
2020-10-22 08:51:52 C 00 02 03.44 -05 20 15.8 V T08
2020-10-22 08:56:31 C 00 02 03.34 -05 20 18.3 V T08
2020-10-22 09:47:30 C 00 02 02.37 -05 20 43.7 V T08
2020-10-22 09:57:37 C 00 02 02.16 -05 20 48.5 V T08