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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 2023 Sep 15 04h05 UT by Francois Kugel


(Copyright Francois Kugel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)9.3
Aperture radius for m10.4 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)15.5
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m25.8 "
r (dist/Sun) 0.919 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.938 AU
Right ascension120.65017 °
Declination+31.41358 °
MPC report
COD A77
CON F. Kugel
OBS F. Kugel
MEA F. Kugel
TEL 0.40-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport file updated 2023.09.15 04:45:26
NET APASS
AC2 fkugel@free.fr
0002P        KC2023 09 15.17015 08 02 36.04 +31 24 48.9          15.4 V      A77
0002P        KC2023 09 15.17250 08 02 37.29 +31 24 45.3          15.6 V      A77
0002P        KC2023 09 15.17488 08 02 38.54 +31 24 41.6           9.3 T      A77
Instrumental configurationConfig2
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length1120 mm
Instrument focale/diameter2.8
FilterNone
CameraAtik460ex
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning1x1
MountMeade MCMT-TDM
Picture exposure details15x30s
Observatory MPC codeA77
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.83 "/pix
Observation submission date2023 Sep 15 04h46m59s
Observation modification date2023 Sep 15 04h47m50s

(Record n° 27581)

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