2P/Encke (Record n° 16386)
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 23 04h47 UT by Jean-Gabriel BoschMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.1 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 2.212 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.308 AU Right ascension 354.18383 ° Declination +11.03839 ° MPC report COD W96
CON Jean Gabriel Bosch [jean-gabriel.Bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-G.Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.23 06:21:08
AC2 [jean-gabriel.Bosch@unige.ch]
NET UCAC-4
0002P C2016 10 23.19952 23 36 44.12 +11 02 18.2 18.0 N W96
0002P C2016 10 23.27330 23 36 36.00 +11 01 28.1 18.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -25 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA 200 Autoguide No Air mass 1.5 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Observation submission date 2016 Oct 23 11h23m02s