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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 Feb 20 18h31 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.5
Aperture radius for m11.32 '
r (dist/Sun) 0.570 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.998 AU
Right ascension1.33196 °
Declination+7.57303 °
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 2017.02.20 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P         C2017 02 20.77135 00 05 19.67 +07 34 22.9           9.4 T      A77
0002P         C2017 02 20.78625 00 05 20.68 +07 34 20.1           9.5 T      A77
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)200 mm
Instrument focale length800 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4
FilterNone
CameraATIK 314 L+
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning2x2
MountAstronomic Equipment AEb
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details30 x 60s
Observatory MPC codeA77
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.3 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Feb 20 21h20m15s
Observation modification date2017 Feb 20 23h28m39s

(Record n° 17197)

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