2P/Encke (Record n° 27407)
Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2023 Aug 14 03h11 UT by Joel Nicolas
(Copyright Joel Nicolas)Magnitude (MPC m2) 18.4 Magnitude standard deviation 0.3 Aperture radius for m2 4.2 " r (dist/Sun) 1.411 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.419 AU Right ascension 69.56738 ° Declination +31.57281 ° MPC report COD A77
CON J. NICOLAS [nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J. Nicolas
MEA J. Nicolas
TEL 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.14 15:28:18
AC2 nicolas.joel@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2023 08 14.13272 04 38 16.17 +31 34 22.1 18.1 R A77
0002P KC2023 08 14.13895 04 38 17.69 +31 34 28.2 18.6 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config1 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 410 mm Instrument focale length 1353 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.3 Filter None Camera ST8XME Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -20 °C Binning 1x1 Picture exposure details 10*30s Air mass 1.37 Observatory MPC code A77 Location 04 Dauban Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares Astrometrica Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.4 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Aug 14 13h32m48s Observation modification date 2023 Aug 14 13h43m21s