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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 24 06h38 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.487 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.188 AU
Right ascension343.56258 °
Declination-17.25597 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON Jean-Gabriel Bosch [JGBosch@free.fr]
OBS A. Maury, J.-B. de Vanssay, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G.Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/5.4 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.24 05:50:58
AC2 JGBosch@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P         C2017 05 24.27679 22 54 15.02 -17 15 21.5          17.8 N      W96
0002P         C2017 05 24.33877 22 54 14.45 -17 15 30.9          18.0 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length2160 mm
Instrument focale/diameter5.4
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountVMA 200
AutoguideNo
Picture exposure details85x60s
Air mass2.3
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.56 "/pix
Observation submission date2017 May 24 11h54m51s
Observation modification date2017 May 24 16h50m00s

(Record n° 17722)

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