2P/Encke (Record n° 27409)
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 15 03h01 UT by Jean-Francois SoulierMagnitude (MPC m2) 17.8 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 6 " r (dist/Sun) 1.398 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.399 AU Right ascension 70.62113 ° Declination +31.77781 ° MPC report COD L27
CON J.-F. Soulier [jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr]
OBS J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.25-m f/3.5 Newtonian reflector + CCD
ACK L27 2023.08.15 05:38:09
AC2 jean-francois.soulier2@wanadoo.fr
NET UCAC-4
0002P KC2023 08 15.12573 04 42 29.07 +31 46 40.1 17.8 R L27
0002P KC2023 08 15.12869 04 42 29.81 +31 46 42.3 17.8 R L27
0002P KC2023 08 15.13129 04 42 30.48 +31 46 44.0 17.7 R L27
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 875 mm Instrument focale/diameter 3.5 Filter None Camera ATIK 414 EX Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 1x1 Mount PARAMOUNT ME Autoguide No Picture exposure details 14 x 60s Observatory MPC code L27 Location Dauban (04) Reference stars catalog (ast) UCAC-4
Used softwares Astrometrica Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.49 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Aug 15 03h42m25s Observation modification date 2023 Aug 15 15h34m19s