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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 Apr 14 09h03 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.4
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.875 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.056 AU
Right ascension339.59754 °
Declination-17.98878 °
MPC report
COD W97
CON Thierry Noel [thierrynoel38a@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, B. Sandness, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.38-m f/4.6 Newton + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 25.2"
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.14 13:53:14
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0002P        dC2017 04 14.37712 22 38 23.41 -17 59 19.6          16.4 N      W97
0002P        dC2017 04 14.39595 22 38 24.02 -17 59 14.5          16.3 N      W97
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)380 mm
Instrument focale length1748 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.6
FilterR (RGB)
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountNova
Picture exposure details4x5mn
Observatory MPC codeW97
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR1
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.84 "/pix
Image processingPrism (-dark, /flat), Astrometrica (add), Iris (levels, crop)
Observation submission date2017 Apr 14 13h56m51s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 16 20h09m06s

(Record n° 17512)

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