2P/Encke (Record n° 16881)
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 26 01h00 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18 Magnitude standard deviation 0.2 Aperture radius for m2 6.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.476 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.423 AU Right ascension 344.47929 ° Declination +4.00114 ° MPC report COD W96
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 2016.12.26 10:05:56
AC2 [JGBosch@free.fr]
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2016 12 26.04196 22 57 55.03 +04 00 04.1 17.8 N W96
0002P KC2016 12 26.07273 22 57 55.97 +04 00 04.8 18.2 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 Picture exposure details 40x1mn Air mass 2 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.56 "/pix URL for more information or pictures https://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2016 Dec 26 14h09m30s Observation modification date 2016 Dec 27 19h45m15s