2P/Encke (Record n° 12010)
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 Jun 28 06h09 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 19.2 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 3.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.880 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.247 AU Right ascension 340.284 ° Declination -12.74228 ° 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 2014.06.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2014 06 28.25658 22 41 08.16 -12 44 32.2 19.0 N W96
0002P KC2014 06 28.26947 22 41 07.68 -12 44 34.6 19.3 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -40 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Observatory MPC code W96 Location Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares IRIS Observation submission date 2014 Jun 28 12h05m57s