2P/Encke (Record n° 27581)
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 m1 0.4 ' Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.5 Magnitude standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius for m2 5.8 " r (dist/Sun) 0.919 AU d (dist/Earth) 0.938 AU Right ascension 120.65017 ° 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
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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 configuration Config2 Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 1120 mm Instrument focale/diameter 2.8 Filter None Camera Atik460ex Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -10 °C Binning 1x1 Mount Meade MCMT-TDM Picture exposure details 15x30s Observatory MPC code A77 Reference stars catalog (ast) APASS
Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.83 "/pix Observation submission date 2023 Sep 15 04h46m59s Observation modification date 2023 Sep 15 04h47m50s