2P/Encke (Record n° 10291)
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 Oct 11 03h59 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Coma Total magnitude (m1) 10.8 Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.1 Aperture radius for m2 18.75 " Coma diameter 8 ' r (dist/Sun) 0.990 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.499 AU Right ascension 134.14342 ° Declination +40.73089 ° 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 2013.10.11 05:50:12
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2013 10 11.16594 08 56 34.42 +40 43 51.2 10.8 T A77
0002P KC2013 10 11.17154 08 56 38.79 +40 43 35.4 15.1 N A77
Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 800 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter BVR Camera ST2000XM Sensor CCD Binning 2x2 Mount Meade modified Motorization Yes Picture exposure details 24x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 3.75 "/pix Observation submission date 2013 Oct 11 07h53m02s Observation modification date 2013 Oct 12 07h44m52s