2P/Encke (Record n° 16804)
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 Dec 14 18h02 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 18.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.633 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.408 AU Right ascension 343.33121 ° Declination +4.12111 ° 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 2016.12.14 22:01:46
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0002P KC2016 12 14.75129 22 53 19.49 +04 07 16.0 18.4 N A77
0002P KC2016 12 14.76830 22 53 19.68 +04 07 13.9 18.5 N A77
0002P KC2016 12 14.78535 22 53 19.87 +04 07 12.0 18.7 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 -20 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2016 Dec 14 22h11m38s