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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 2013 Aug 12 08h55 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18.8
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m24.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.822 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.592 AU
Right ascension48.71113 °
Declination+28.04297 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.F Soulier
MEA J.F Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.08.12
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0002P        KC2013 08 12.37160 03 14 50.67 +28 02 34.7          18.9 N      W96
0002P        KC2013 08 12.39146 03 14 53.13 +28 02 53.3          18.7 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor pixels number3326 x 2504
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details30 X 60s
Moon elongation148 °
Air mass1.79
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2013 Aug 12 22h01m48s
Observation modification date2013 Aug 12 22h06m50s

(Record n° 9896)

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