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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 16 08h45 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.2
Magnitude standard deviation0.0
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.910 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.073 AU
Right ascension339.93033 °
Declination-17.90347 °
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 Newtonian reflector + CCD
COM Aperture radius for m1 : 25.2"
COM Aperture radius for m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.16 22:17:17
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0002P         C2017 04 16.36431 22 39 43.28 -17 54 12.5          16.2 N      W97
0002P         C2017 04 16.39569 22 39 44.55 -17 54 07.6          16.2 N      W97
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)380 mm
Instrument focale length1748 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.6
FilterNone
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountNova
Picture exposure details9x4mn
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 16 22h21m18s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 16 22h50m16s

(Record n° 17527)

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