2P/Encke (Record n° 16420)
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 28 19h35 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.6 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 2.162 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.302 AU Right ascension 351.72592 ° Declination +9.95475 ° MPC report COD A77
CON FRANCOIS KUGEL [fkugel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS C. Rinner, F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.4-m f/3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.10.29 09:32:48
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0002P KC2016 10 28.81632 23 26 54.22 +09 57 17.1 18.5 N A77
0002P KC2016 10 28.83338 23 26 52.49 +09 57 05.0 18.7 N A77
0002P KC2016 10 28.85046 23 26 50.72 +09 56 53.6 18.5 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3 Filter None Camera Atik460EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -15 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia DR1
Observation submission date 2016 Oct 29 09h34m35s