2P/Encke (Record n° 16261)
Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2016 Oct 05 21h21 UT by Joel NicolasMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.3 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 2.382 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.395 AU Right ascension 2.53604 ° Declination +14.033 ° MPC report COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.06 10:48:32
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2016 10 05.88983 00 10 08.65 +14 01 58.8 18.1 N A77
0002P KC2016 10 05.89714 00 10 07.83 +14 01 55.2 18.2 N A77
0002P KC2016 10 05.90639 00 10 06.71 +14 01 51.0 18.4 N A77
0002P KC2016 10 05.91599 00 10 05.60 +14 01 45.4 18.5 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 410 mm Instrument focale length 1353 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Filter None Camera ST8XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 1x1 Air mass 1.22 Observatory MPC code A77 Location 04 Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2016 Oct 06 10h51m44s