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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 Sep 22 20h29 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)20
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.816 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.952 AU
Right ascension325.60217 °
Declination-14.50022 °
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 2011.09.22
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0002P        KC2011 09 22.85353 21 42 24.52 -14 30 00.8          19.9 N      C10
0002P        KC2011 09 22.86293 21 42 24.08 -14 30 04.0          20.1 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 time1680 s
Picture exposure details14 X 120
Seeing3
Moon elongation153 °
Air mass2.31
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)USNO-B1.0
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2.04 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 DDP FC GIMP
Observation submission date2011 Sep 23 12h06m17s
Observation modification date2011 Sep 23 15h49m24s

(Record n° 4658)

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