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2P/Encke

Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2011 Aug 10 00h28 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.672 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.692 AU
Right ascension336.74867 °
Declination-11.22886 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.255-m f/3.6 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2011.08.10
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0002P        KC2011 08 10.01948 22 26 59.68 -11 13 43.9          18.7 N      C10
0002P        KC2011 08 10.03537 22 26 58.68 -11 13 48.9          18.9 N      C10
0002P        KC2011 08 10.05170 22 26 57.58 -11 13 53.6          19.2 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)254 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.6
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3600 s
Picture exposure details30 X 120s
Seeing2
Moon elongation62 °
Air mass2.03
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP GIMP
Observation submission date2011 Aug 10 16h47m34s
Observation modification date2011 Aug 10 16h51m16s

(Record n° 4069)

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