2P/Encke (Record n° 16961)
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 17h52 UT by Francois KugelMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 8 " r (dist/Sun) 1.407 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.422 AU Right ascension 345.43108 ° Declination +4.11575 ° MPC report COD A77
OBS A. Klotz ; F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.20-m f/4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2016.12.31 23:29:04
AC2 fkugel@wanadoo.fr
NET USNO-SA2.0
0002P KC2016 12 31.74471 23 01 43.46 +04 06 56.7 17.8 N A77
0002P KC2016 12 31.75455 23 01 43.65 +04 06 58.4 17.9 N A77
0002P KC2016 12 31.76470 23 01 44.21 +04 07 00.1 17.6 N A77
0002P KC2016 12 31.77433 23 01 44.41 +04 07 01.9 17.9 N A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Schmidt-Cassegrain Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 200 mm Instrument focale length 800 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4 Filter g' Camera ST2000XM Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) USNO-SA2.0
Observation submission date 2016 Dec 31 23h50m00s