78P

⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2016-01-21 (JD 2457408.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4611833286 ± 9.95e-08
Semi-major axis (a)3.7374830666 AU ± 6.30e-08
Inclination (i)6.25032147° ± 4.77e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)210.55899221° ± 3.97e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)192.73377389° ± 4.80e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)200.64643491° ± 1.31e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.1364065495°/day ± 3.45e-09
Perihelion dist (q)2.01381819 AU ± 3.73e-07
Aphelion dist (Q)5.46114795 AU ± 3.83e-07
Orbital Period7.22565219 yr ± 1.83e-07
Orbit Solution
SourceJPL
Solution Date2026-03-07 15:22:14
RMS Residual0.611″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeJupiter-family Comet
MOID1.022970 AU
Observations Used6064
Oppositions
Arc Total2011-2026
First Observation Used
Last Observation Used2026-01-25
Observations (8664)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1973-09-29 10:29:16 A 01 41 05.21 +13 57 44.7 675
1973-09-30 09:05:02 A 01 40 42.87 +13 52 44.2 675
1973-10-04 11:08:32 A 01 38 55.58 +13 29 24.0 675
1973-10-05 07:18:02 A 01 38 32.16 +13 24 18.1 675
1973-10-31 03:52:30 A 01 24 44.31 +10 22 00.6 662
1973-10-31 07:11:29 A 01 24 40.08 +10 20 59.8 688
1973-11-01 09:47:00 A 01 24 09.00 +10 13 13.0 688
1973-11-01 15:09:00 A 01 24 02.88 +10 11 41.5 372
1973-11-01 20:21:59 A 01 23 57.23 +10 10 09.9 056
1973-11-02 02:42:46 A 01 23 50.42 +10 08 21.7 675
1973-11-02 06:04:59 A 01 23 46.41 +10 07 28.5 A 801
1973-11-02 20:12:59 A 01 23 30.84 +10 03 18.7 056
1973-11-02 21:13:59 A 01 23 29.72 +10 03 02.2 056
1973-11-02 22:52:05 A 01 23 28.03 +10 02 34.0 046
1973-11-02 23:13:05 A 01 23 27.58 +10 02 27.6 046
1973-11-03 05:12:02 A 01 23 21.09 +10 00 48.9 801
1973-11-03 07:12:31 A 01 23 18.85 +10 00 13.7 675
1973-11-03 15:00:59 A 01 23 10.71 +09 58 00.9 372
1973-11-03 15:33:00 A 01 23 10.00 +09 57 50.6 372
1973-11-03 22:43:06 A 01 23 02.66 +09 55 48.3 046
1973-11-03 23:05:05 A 01 23 02.07 +09 55 44.2 046
1973-11-04 23:14:00 A 01 22 37.51 +09 48 59.8 056
1973-11-05 09:45:31 A 01 22 26.92 +09 46 08.2 675
1973-11-19 03:04:05 A 01 19 01.05 +08 29 05.8 695
1973-11-19 03:18:34 A 01 19 00.96 +08 29 03.2 695
1973-11-19 19:16:01 A 01 18 57.34 +08 26 06.7 026
1973-11-23 23:52:56 A 01 18 50.76 +08 09 24.9 026
1973-12-17 19:01:03 A 01 26 47.94 +07 39 46.5 993
1974-01-13 10:27:27 A 01 50 54.8 +08 59 33 879
1974-01-18 01:00:59 A 01 56 22.24 +09 21 57.1 A 801
1974-01-19 03:44:04 A 01 57 44.26 +09 27 34.9 695
1974-01-19 04:52:25 A 01 57 47.69 +09 27 49.3 695
1974-02-25 04:04:29 A 02 51 42.28 +13 10 37.9 695
1981-06-08 10:32:18 A 00 36 09 +08 37.6 711
1981-06-09 10:23:31 A 00 37 34 +08 46.3 711
1981-08-01 06:42:27 A 01 44 02.91 +15 03 13.4 A 801
1981-08-01 10:33:35 A 01 44 12.2 +15 03 59 711
1981-08-26 09:48:48 A 02 04 01 +16 23 48 711
1981-08-26 10:20:29 A 02 04 03 +16 23 44 711
1981-08-27 08:36:35 A 02 04 32.71 +16 25 05.2 A 801
1981-09-03 01:13:29 A 02 07 35.66 +16 29 57.0 033
1981-09-03 02:05:00 A 02 07 36.40 +16 29 57.1 033
1981-09-25 08:19:01 A 02 09 52.26 +15 50 09.2 A 801
1981-10-31 06:17:21 A 01 53 27.16 +12 10 40.5 A 801
1981-11-23 02:50:03 A 01 44 39.55 +09 51 52.2 A 801
1981-12-20 03:01:26 A 01 49 38.60 +09 00 00.7 A 801
1981-12-30 02:09:29 A 01 56 01.60 +09 14 05.3 707
1981-12-31 00:29:17 A 01 56 44.13 +09 16 12.4 A 801
1982-01-21 00:57:40 A 02 17 12.27 +10 31 54.4 A 801
1989-06-14 11:02:32 A 00 59 27.92 +10 35 01.8 675