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2P/Encke

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 31 18h07 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.6 "
Coma diameter3.17 '
Tail length0.4 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.407 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.422 AU
Right ascension345.43242 °
Declination+4.11592 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.12.31 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P        KC2016 12 31.75501 23 01 43.78 +04 06 57.3          17.9 N      A77
0002P        KC2016 12 31.79040 23 01 45.33 +04 07 01.2          17.8 N      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterNone
CameraATIK 314L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-15 °C
Binning1x1
MountAstronomy Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details54 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.65 "/pix
Observation submission date2016 Dec 31 22h41m05s
Observation modification date2017 Jan 01 04h33m11s

(Record n° 16959)

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