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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 Oct 19 19h06 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)21.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.3
Aperture radius for m24 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.890 AU
d (dist/Earth) 3.366 AU
Right ascension322.33725 °
Declination-15.14431 °
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 2011.10.19
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-B1.0
0002P        KC2011 10 19.79551 21 29 20.94 -15 08 39.5          21.5 N      C10
0002P        KC2011 10 19.81079 21 29 20.85 -15 08 41.5          20.9 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-25 °C
Binning1x1
MountPERL-VIXEN
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time2400 s
Picture exposure details20 x 120s
Seeing2
Moon elongation152 °
Air mass2.26
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 Oct 20 12h04m01s
Observation modification date2011 Oct 27 21h31m23s

(Record n° 4958)

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