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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 2017 Jan 29 17h53 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.5 "
Coma diameter3.50 '
Tail length0.66 °
r (dist/Sun) 0.964 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.294 AU
Right ascension353.445 °
Declination+6.17131 °
MPC report
COD C10
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.30-m f/3.8 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.01.29 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P         C2017 01 29.74514 23 33 46.80 +06 10 16.7          16.2 N      C10
0002P         C2017 01 29.78380 23 33 50.12 +06 10 30.7          16.3 N      C10
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)300 mm
Instrument focale length1140 mm
Instrument focale/diameter3.8
FilterNone
CameraST8_XME
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-25 °C
Binning2x2
MountF60a Axis instruments
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details12 x 180s
Observatory MPC codeC10
LocationSeine et Marne (77)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.24 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Jan 29 20h50m30s
Observation modification date2017 Jan 29 21h17m31s

(Record n° 17083)

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