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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 2020 Aug 31 23h32 UT by Jean-Louis Virlichie


(Copyright Jean-Louis Virlichie)

Magnitude (MPC m2)17.9
Magnitude standard deviation0.5
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.366 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.996 AU
Right ascension240.28633 °
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 configurationConfig1
InstrumentONTC 355
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)350 mm
Instrument focale length1645 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.7
FilterL
CameraMoravian G3 KAF 16200
SensorCCD
Sensor size27x21.6 mm2
Sensor pixels number4500x3600
Sensor temperature-20 °C
Binning2x2
MountSW EQ8
MotorizationNo
AutoguideYes
Picture exposure details6x3mn
Observatory MPC codeX03
LocationPoroto Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.4 "/pix
Observation submission date2020 Sep 01 23h40m20s
Observation modification date2020 Sep 02 00h00m58s

(Record n° 22367)

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