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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 21 08h40 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.7
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.7 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.994 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.110 AU
Right ascension340.77592 °
Declination-17.67294 °
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 m2 : 6.7"
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.04.21 13:47:12
AC2 thierrynoel38a@free.fr
NET Gaia DR1
0002P         C2017 04 21.36146 22 43 06.22 -17 40 22.6          16.8 N      W97
0002P         C2017 04 21.37950 22 43 06.95 -17 40 19.5          16.7 N      W97
0002P         C2017 04 21.39473 22 43 07.48 -17 40 17.5          16.6 N      W97
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)380 mm
Instrument focale length1748 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.6
FilterClear
CameraQSI 532ws-M1
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning1x1
MountNova
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details10x4mn
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 21 13h51m59s
Observation modification date2017 Apr 23 17h40m22s

(Record n° 17555)

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