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
2025-07-22 01:23:37 B 20 23 25.94 -09 57 19.2 V Y87
2025-07-22 01:41:27 B 20 23 25.32 -09 57 21.0 V Y87
2025-07-22 05:33:00 C 20 23 17.801 -09 57 36.76 V W68
2025-07-22 06:03:37 C 20 23 16.750 -09 57 39.49 V W68
2025-07-22 06:16:40 C 20 23 16.351 -09 57 40.32 V W68
2025-07-22 06:23:45 C 20 23 16.099 -09 57 41.47 V W68
2025-07-22 15:47:12 C 20 22 57.75 -09 58 36.3 D95
2025-07-22 15:53:21 C 20 22 57.54 -09 58 37.7 D95
2025-07-22 15:57:25 C 20 22 57.48 -09 58 38.0 D95
2025-07-22 16:14:05 C 20 22 56.89 -09 58 39.7 q Q14
2025-07-22 16:23:18 C 20 22 56.59 -09 58 39.0 q Q14
2025-07-23 09:56:43 C 20 22 22.195 -10 00 15.22 X F51
2025-07-23 10:16:28 C 20 22 21.511 -10 00 16.97 X F51
2025-07-23 10:36:12 C 20 22 20.852 -10 00 18.66 X F51
2025-07-23 10:55:59 C 20 22 20.180 -10 00 20.46 X F51
2025-07-24 00:16:28 C 20 21 53.906 -10 01 36.26 V R17
2025-07-24 00:36:10 C 20 21 53.213 -10 01 38.53 V R17
2025-07-24 00:55:51 C 20 21 52.541 -10 01 40.51 V R17
2025-07-24 01:15:33 C 20 21 51.883 -10 01 42.02 V R17
2025-07-25 12:58:15 C 20 20 40.723 -10 05 10.86 V T08
2025-07-25 13:09:24 C 20 20 40.310 -10 05 11.58 V T08
2025-07-25 13:18:48 C 20 20 39.991 -10 05 12.44 V T08
2025-07-25 15:21:37 C 20 20 36.04 -10 05 25.6 m 349
2025-07-25 15:46:01 C 20 20 35.23 -10 05 28.3 m 349
2025-07-25 23:04:50 C 20 20 20.532 -10 06 14.51 Z M38
2025-07-25 23:14:21 C 20 20 20.314 -10 06 13.79 Z M38
2025-07-25 23:32:08 C 20 20 19.754 -10 06 15.98 Z C23
2025-07-25 23:38:36 C 20 20 19.565 -10 06 16.52 Z C23
2025-07-25 23:44:00 C 20 20 19.346 -10 06 16.88 Z C23
2025-07-26 10:02:07 C 20 19 58.741 -10 07 18.60 X F52
2025-07-26 10:18:46 C 20 19 58.167 -10 07 20.20 X F52
2025-07-26 10:35:27 C 20 19 57.587 -10 07 22.01 X F52
2025-07-26 12:21:16 B 20 19 54.23 -10 07 34.0 q D88
2025-07-26 12:29:17 B 20 19 53.90 -10 07 34.9 q D88
2025-07-26 12:37:17 B 20 19 53.60 -10 07 35.1 q D88
2025-07-27 00:12:46 C 20 19 30.278 -10 08 47.36 V R17
2025-07-27 00:32:34 C 20 19 29.611 -10 08 49.70 V R17
2025-07-27 00:52:20 C 20 19 28.922 -10 08 51.58 V R17
2025-07-27 01:12:05 C 20 19 28.229 -10 08 53.45 V R17
2025-07-27 01:16:27 B 20 19 28.042 -10 08 54.64 W Z10
2025-07-27 01:26:44 B 20 19 27.715 -10 08 55.86 W Z10
2025-07-29 03:18:06 B 20 17 47.05 -10 14 18.6 V Y87
2025-07-29 03:33:02 B 20 17 46.55 -10 14 20.2 V Y87
2025-07-29 03:47:45 B 20 17 46.05 -10 14 21.6 V Y87
2025-07-29 14:03:47 C 20 17 25.46 -10 15 30.7 V D29
2025-07-29 14:24:09 C 20 17 24.88 -10 15 31.2 V D29
2025-07-29 14:44:31 C 20 17 24.19 -10 15 34.4 V D29
2025-07-30 13:40:35 C 20 16 37.68 -10 18 11.7 q Q23
2025-07-30 13:52:45 C 20 16 37.25 -10 18 13.1 q Q23
2025-07-31 02:55:03 C 20 16 10.795 -10 19 42.49 Z J22