2P/Encke (Record n° 17686)
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 May 16 07h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6.1 " r (dist/Sun) 1.377 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.189 AU Right ascension 343.55988 ° Declination -17.06292 ° MPC report COD W96
CON JEAN-FRANCOIS SOULIER [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.16
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P C2017 05 16.33117 22 54 14.37 -17 03 46.5 18.0 N W96
0002P C2017 05 16.35272 22 54 14.72 -17 03 47.7 18.0 N W96
0002P C2017 05 16.37567 22 54 14.72 -17 03 48.9 18.1 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 2160 mm Instrument focale/diameter 5.4 Filter None Camera ST8300 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 3x3 Mount VMA200 Autoguide Yes Picture exposure details 30 x 120s Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro d'Atacama Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.53 "/pix Observation submission date 2017 May 16 11h13m30s Observation modification date 2017 May 16 11h24m08s