2P/Encke (Record n° 10170)
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 Sep 25 02h36 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 11.25 " Coma diameter 1.5 ' Tail length 0.0061 ° Tail position angle
(PA) 52 ° r (dist/Sun) 1.243 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.695 AU Right ascension 89.53108 ° Declination +41.99072 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2013.09.25 05:12:27
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0002P KC2013 09 25.10846 05 58 07.46 +41 59 26.6 15.2 N A77
0002P KC2013 09 25.11195 05 58 09.11 +41 59 28.2 15.7 N A77
0002P KC2013 09 25.11627 05 58 10.97 +41 59 33.4 16.0 N A77
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 800 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Camera ST2000XM Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Meade modified Motorization Yes Autoguide No Picture exposure details 45x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Image resize factor 1 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.87 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Sep 25 07h14m24s Observation modification date 2013 Sep 25 07h45m04s