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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 25 18h25 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)8.8
Aperture radius for m11.32 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)10.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m213.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.480 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.899 AU
Right ascension2.20183 °
Declination+6.83308 °
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 2017.02.25 
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P         C2017 02 25.76734 00 08 48.44 +06 49 59.1          10.4 N      A77
0002P         C2017 02 25.77461 00 08 48.53 +06 49 51.2          10.4 N      A77
0002P         C2017 02 25.78225 00 08 48.61 +06 49 45.2          10.4 N      A77
0002P         C2017 02 25.77079 00 08 48.24 +06 49 57.2           8.8 T      A77
0002P         C2017 02 25.77843 00 08 48.40 +06 49 50.9           8.8 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 details20 x 30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
LocationDauban (04)
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)3.3 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 Feb 26 00h00m37s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 26 23h13m35s

(Record n° 17234)

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