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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 2012 Sep 19 21h37 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)19.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.2
Aperture radius for m28 "
r (dist/Sun) 3.864 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.872 AU
Right ascension345.92263 °
Declination-1.62653 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.F. Soulier
MEA J.F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.09.19
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-3
0002P        KC2012 09 19.90093 23 03 41.43 -01 37 35.5          19.6 N      C10
0002P        KC2012 09 19.91139 23 03 40.69 -01 37 39.8          19.6 N      C10
0002P        KC2012 09 19.92174 23 03 40.20 -01 37 42.5          19.2 N      C10
0002P        KC2012 09 19.93367 23 03 39.40 -01 37 46.9          19.4 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length900 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3
CameraST7-XMEd
SensorCCD
Sensor size6.9 x 4.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number765 x 510
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountF60
AutoguideYes
Exposure total time3000 s
Picture exposure details25 X 120s
Seeing3
Moon elongation117 °
Air mass1.66
Observatory MPC codeC10
Location77
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-3
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingPRISMV8 LOG FC GIMP
Observation submission date2012 Sep 21 10h45m10s
Observation modification date2012 Sep 21 10h52m44s

(Record n° 7499)

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