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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 May 16 07h57 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)18
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.1 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.377 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.189 AU
Right ascension343.55988 °
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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraST8300
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA200
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details30 x 120s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.53 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 16 11h13m30s
Observation modification date2017 May 16 11h24m08s

(Record n° 17686)

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