2P/Encke (Record n° 27434)
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 20 03h01 UT by Francois Kugel
(Copyright Francois Kugel)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.9 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " Right ascension 76.34325 ° Declination +32.73989 ° MPC report COD A77
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TEL 0.4-m f/2.8 reflector+CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.08.20 07:21:50
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NET NOMAD
0002P KC2023 08 20.12601 05 05 22.38 +32 44 23.6 18.0 R A77
0002P KC2023 08 20.13451 05 05 24.85 +32 44 28.8 18.0 R A77
0002P KC2023 08 20.14383 05 05 27.58 +32 44 34.9 17.8 R A77
Instrumental configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter R Bessel Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 30x60s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) NOMAD
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Aug 20 05h25m52s Observation modification date 2023 Aug 20 05h27m08s