2P/Encke (Record n° 22367)
Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2020 Aug 31 23h32 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie
(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.5 Aperture radius for m2 5.6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.366 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.996 AU Right ascension 240.28633 ° Declination -31.77489 ° MPC report COD X03
CON Jean-Louis Virlichie [jl.virlichie@gmail.com]
OBS J. L. Virlichie, P. Traverse
MEA J. L. Virlichie
TEL 0.35-m f/4.7 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2020.09.01 19:03:22
AC2 jl.virlichie@gmail.com
NET Gaia DR2
0002P C2020 08 31.98047 16 01 08.72 -31 46 29.6 18.3 G X03
0002P KC2020 08 31.98343 16 01 09.55 -31 46 30.4 17.9 G X03
0002P C2020 08 31.99236 16 01 12.19 -31 46 31.4 18.3 G X03
0002P C2020 09 01.01309 16 01 18.30 -31 46 35.1 17.2 G X03
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument ONTC 355 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 350 mm Instrument focale length 1645 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.7 Filter L Camera Moravian G3 KAF 16200 Sensor CCD Sensor size 27x21.6 mm2 Sensor pixels number 4500x3600 Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 2x2 Mount SW EQ8 Motorization No Autoguide Yes Picture exposure details 6x3mn Observatory MPC code X03 Location Poroto Chili Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia DR2
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2020 Sep 01 23h40m20s Observation modification date 2020 Sep 02 00h00m58s