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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 2014 Apr 28 09h17 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)20.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.392 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.673 AU
Right ascension337.87863 °
Declination-13.61881 °
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 2014.04.28 
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0002P        KC2014 04 28.38680 22 31 30.87 -13 37 07.7          20.2 N      W96
0002P        KC2014 04 28.40584 22 31 31.78 -13 37 02.5          20.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details26 x 120s
Moon elongation54 °
Air mass1.60
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationChili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2014 Apr 28 12h41m46s
Observation modification date2014 Apr 28 12h45m58s

(Record n° 11690)

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