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
2020-11-10 04:30:30 C 23 58 42.23 -08 06 31.2 o W92
2020-11-10 04:57:57 C 23 58 42.43 -08 06 37.3 o W92
2020-11-13 07:50:53 C 23 59 03.347 -08 23 01.15 U F51
2020-11-13 08:06:46 C 23 59 03.430 -08 23 04.31 U F51
2020-11-13 08:22:30 C 23 59 03.503 -08 23 07.42 U F51
2020-11-13 09:17:20 C 23 59 03.780 -08 23 18.09 U F51
2020-11-17 07:10:05 C 23 59 51.50 -08 39 30.5 V T05
2020-11-17 07:14:41 C 23 59 51.54 -08 39 30.9 V T05
2020-11-17 07:26:37 C 23 59 51.64 -08 39 32.7 V T05
2020-11-17 07:41:08 C 23 59 51.78 -08 39 34.6 V T05
2020-11-18 02:07:30 C 00 00 04.039 -08 42 14.86 V G37
2020-11-18 02:29:27 C 00 00 04.263 -08 42 17.89 V G37
2020-11-18 02:49:33 C 00 00 04.467 -08 42 20.73 V G37
2020-11-19 07:18:54 C 00 00 24.72 -08 46 05.7 V T08
2020-11-19 07:23:32 C 00 00 24.73 -08 46 05.8 V T08
2020-11-19 07:30:57 C 00 00 24.81 -08 46 06.7 V T08
2020-11-19 07:50:12 C 00 00 25.09 -08 46 09.0 V T08
2020-11-20 07:27:13 C 00 00 43.63 -08 48 58.3 V T05
2020-11-20 07:52:20 C 00 00 43.96 -08 49 01.3 V T05
2020-11-20 08:10:15 C 00 00 44.16 -08 49 03.6 V T05
2020-11-20 08:16:11 C 00 00 44.24 -08 49 03.6 V T05
2020-11-30 02:12:32 C 00 05 00.41 -09 03 23.7 U I41
2020-11-30 02:45:24 C 00 05 01.10 -09 03 24.1 U I41
2020-12-02 02:33:00 C 00 06 08.55 -09 03 32.6 U I41
2020-12-02 03:32:54 C 00 06 09.95 -09 03 32.3 U I41
2020-12-03 07:15:33 C 00 06 51.26 -09 03 11.7 V T05
2020-12-03 07:23:29 C 00 06 51.41 -09 03 12.6 V T05
2020-12-03 07:29:25 C 00 06 51.53 -09 03 11.8 V T05
2020-12-03 07:50:38 C 00 06 52.10 -09 03 12.0 V T05
2020-12-05 06:35:34 C 00 08 05.520 -09 02 00.83 U F51
2020-12-05 06:56:37 C 00 08 06.065 -09 02 00.09 U F51
2020-12-05 07:17:37 C 00 08 06.608 -09 01 59.35 U F51
2020-12-06 06:07:09 C 00 08 44.120 -09 01 07.67 U F52
2020-12-06 06:40:44 C 00 08 45.008 -09 01 06.27 U F52
2020-12-06 06:54:08 C 00 08 45.37 -09 01 05.8 V T05
2020-12-06 06:57:29 C 00 08 45.457 -09 01 05.51 U F52
2020-12-06 07:00:04 C 00 08 45.52 -09 01 05.4 V T05
2020-12-06 07:09:59 C 00 08 45.77 -09 01 04.5 V T05
2020-12-06 07:25:49 C 00 08 46.22 -09 01 04.3 V T05
2020-12-07 06:28:24 C 00 09 25.17 -09 00 00.3 V T05
2020-12-07 06:33:02 C 00 09 25.29 -09 00 00.3 V T05
2020-12-07 06:42:21 C 00 09 25.54 -09 00 00.5 V T05
2020-12-07 06:58:26 C 00 09 25.99 -08 59 59.5 V T05
2020-12-10 05:31:57 C 00 11 31.490 -08 55 37.69 U F52
2020-12-10 05:48:36 C 00 11 31.984 -08 55 36.45 U F52
2020-12-11 06:26:54 C 00 12 17.94 -08 53 42.6 V T05
2020-12-11 06:33:31 C 00 12 18.12 -08 53 40.9 V T05
2020-12-11 06:44:45 C 00 12 18.46 -08 53 40.5 V T05
2020-12-11 07:02:03 C 00 12 19.06 -08 53 38.9 V T05
2021-01-06 05:34:17 C 00 36 56.829 -07 14 09.04 U F51